“There's one good thing about making mistakes.' Thea turned to her with a smile. 'You learn not to make them again.”
“And you'd be surprised what you can do to the people you love.”
“Nope. I'm just going to a bookstore,' Gemma replied. 'How dangerous could that be?”
“My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes.”
“You can't go messing around with people's hearts. It never ends well, no matter how good your intentions might be" -Daniel”
“Of course I’m going to the front door like a stupid chick in a horror movie," he muttered. On his way to the door, he doubled back and grabbed a baseball bat from the closet. "Now I just have to remember not to go outside and ask if anyone is there.”
“Everything was ready to go. Except for her.”
“Why didn't my father get to give Mom the fairy tale? Why do most people fail to give each other the fairy tale?”
“I couldn't help thinkin' if she was as far out o' town as she was out o' tune, she wouldn't get back in a day.”
“There are no truths, only stories.”
“The materialist theory of history, that all politics and ethics are the expression of economics, is a very simple fallacy indeed. It consists simply of confusing the necessary conditions of life with the normal preoccupations of life, that are quite a different thing. It is like saying that because a man can only walk about on two legs, therefore he never walks about except to buy shoes and stockings.”
“It is also vital that our relationship with nature and the environment be included in our education systems. This is not longer something cute or nice to do; it is now a singular imperative.”
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