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You don't understand how much light you have until the lights go out.

But Reba taught me to be grateful no matter what. I looked up at the blue sky.

How could a man with so much heart die from a heart attack?

sometimes a kid has to act older than they are

It takes a great cook to pull life truth from poultry.

Sometimes just getting up in the morning and standing at the gate can bring the gate down.

I've got my Replogle globe, because you've got to keep a world view, you can't just live like you're the only person on the planet who matters

Know why I plant trees?"
"No."
"I like thinking that they'll be here long after I'm gone. All those fine memories pushing up to the sky.

I'll tell you something about tough times. They just about kill you, but if you decide to keep working at them, you'll find your way through.

Woe unto you when all men speak well of you.

No wonder you get along with so many kinds of people, Foster. Look at all this heritage that's part of you. That's something to be proud of.

But then Macon smiled at me. Just be yourself, Foster. That's the best thing in the world.

Revenge of the Giant Grill Man.

I held it over my heart. Mrs. Worth smiled. That's where a book should be carried.

Sometimes it takes a lot of courage to be who you are.

All people are alike when they sleep."

Jeremiah Lopper paraphrasing Aristotle (p. 146)

You don't become a real sailor until you sail in a storm.

Staring down hard truth takes guts.

Sometimes being hopeful needs to be a very deliberate act.

Almost. It's a big word for me. I feel it everywhere. Almost home. Almost happy. Almost changed. Almost, but not quite. Not yet. Soon, maybe.

Since I couldn't be the prettiest girl at the party I could at least make it uncomfortable for the one who was.

She studied my face.
I rubbed my eyes. "I'm fine," I assured her.
That was five months ago. I wasn't fine then and I'm not fine now. (Thwonk)

You don't mince words."
"Just garlic.

If you worry about every little thing you're going to have one thoroughly miserable life.

Perchance, I would listen. Have you said anything?

She shoved her can right under his chin. "Don't mess with seniors," she growled at him.

Mountains draw you to a deeper place in yourself

Toys "R" Us. Zack put on a wool cap and sunglasses.
"You look like a bank robber," I observed.
"No toy is safe.

COOK'S TIP: Bake every day. If you have to leave town fast, you'll always have something good to eat in the car.

I don't want you to leap into another relationship without thinking. Looking for perfect is a big, fat myth because perfect isn't out there.

There's nothing wrong with having a different way of learning. What's wrong is when people blame you for it.

My grandma always said that God made libraries so that people didn't have any excuse to be stupid.

WELCOME HOME, FOLKS
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT

I mean, jillian gushed. you have this force connecting you. it's under the surface, but it runs deep.

I don't do normal. I have a reputation to uphold. (Thwonk)

Are you some kind of foot fetish?

Will we have bodyguards?"
"We're not quite set up for that. But with all these mothers, you don't need them.

You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

You need a negative charge and a positive one to get something moving. We've got the negative; we're going to find the positive if it kills us.

The problem with human beings is we think we can wear too many hats at once. It's not possible. It's an outright fashion disaster.

You got to laugh Tree, if you don't you'll cry.

A man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter.

When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

Everyone needs fudge, Hildy. It's how God helps us cope.

The sad heart needs work to do.

You know what we learned from living under the rule of Communism?"
"No."
"We learned to get mad.

Sometimes the best thing that can happen to a person is to have a puppy lick your face.

Millstone sputtered, I don't know where you're getting your information, G.T., but that's as bogus as a barking cat!

You know what it's like to move from being happy to being not? It's like swinging as high as you can and someone stops you as you come back down.

It's a complete rush to get what you've been hoping for - to get it so full and complete that it fills your senses.

New places always help us look at life differently

If you stick that anger behind you, one day you're going to turn around and find it's gone.

The choices we make can have lasting consequences.

I stood up, and my pants ripped completely across the seam. It was inevitable, but for once in my life, my timing had been decent.

Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.

Coach Perkins will stand trial for second-degree murder in Cincinnati.

Divorce casts so many shadows.

Librarians understand about power - they know how to find anything.

There's a lot of cheese where you're going, Hope. I'm not sure how this affects people long term.

Sometimes you've got to shout the truth and wake people up.

Addie always keeps her promises.
That's why my mother gave me to her.

Some things go too deep for words.

You don't know which way a thing will come at you, but you need to welcome it with your whole heart which ever way it arrives.

I looked at her from the corner of my eye. Some people are hard to imagine as children.

I hate leaving places i love i was never at one place long. am i selfish?

Infatuation cannot be sustained indefinitely, my friend. Love that embraces the entire person is a monumental gift that takes time to grow.

You think all teenagers care about are musicians and movie stars?
Spend some time in Wisconsin.
We'll blow your socks off.

When hope gets released in a place, all kinds of things are possible

Hope-to cherish a desire with expectation of fulfillment.

Motherhood should be like driving a car
you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

When we don't have the words chocolate can speak volumes.

It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.

If she's really psychic," Zack said when he saw Tanisha's photo at school, "why does she need a doorbell?

If you can't find an answer at the mall or the library, what does that say about the world?

Life and death played out before my very eyes.
You don't see these things if you clean your room regularly.