Linda Sue Park · 128 pages
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“One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.”
“Reading for writers is like training for athletes.”
“If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?”
“He was floating with his head down, blood streaming from a bullet hole in the back of his neck.”
“One step at a time . . . one day at a time. Just today—just this day to get through . . .”
“Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. There it was. Salva Dut—Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!”
“Her sickness came from the water,” the nurse explained. “She should drink only good clean water. If the water is dirty, you should boil it for a count of two hundred before she drinks”
“More than twelve hundred boys arrived safely. It took them a year and a half.”
“The bag sprang a leak. The leak had to be patched. The patch sprang a leak. The crew patched the patch. Then the bag sprang another leak. The drilling could not go on.”
“They patched the bag again. The drilling went on.”
“Sleep. I’m here to catch you.”
“This was an interesting thought; it had never occurred to me that one's name could be a compass.”
“The author relates that Mickey Mantle did not expect to play one day and showed up extremely hung over. He was nevertheless called on to pitch and smashed a towering home run to an enthusiastic ovation. He related to his teammates, "Those people don't know how tough that was.”
“choose too fast just to be done with it? I do that sometimes. I can’t help myself. I hate to shop. But are these shoes really that bad? Bad enough so the kids at school will laugh and say, “Nice shoes, Hatcher. Where’d you find them . . . in the trash?” Should I try on another pair? Should I wait to see what Fudge chooses and then . . . Wait a minute, I told myself. I can’t believe I’m thinking this way, as if my five-year-old brother knows more about cool than me. Since when is he the expert on cool? Since when is he the expert on anything? “Make”
“May your Valentine’s Day be filled with adoration, pampering, and a pair of gorgeous, tiny-heeled Jimmy Choo sandals that are completely useless in this weather. Just remember: You are totally worth it.”
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