“Do the fairies talk?” Kendra asked. “Not much to humans. They have a language all their own, although they rarely speak to each other, except to trade insults. Most never condescend to use human speech. They consider everything beneath
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“CALVIN'S DAD:
What story would you like tonight? We can read anything except...
CALVIN, INTERRUPTING HIM:
"Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie"!
CALVIN'S DAD, IN ANGUISH:
NO! No Hamster Huey tonight! We've read that book a million times!
CALVIN:
I want Hamster Huey!
CALVIN'S DAD, Nearly Pleading:
Look, you KNOW how the story goes. You've memorized the whole thing! It's the same story every day!
CALVIN, Screaming:
I want Hamster Huey!
CALVIN, LYING IN BED WITH EYES OF WONDERMENT:
Wow, the story was different THAT time!
HOBBES, LYING IN BED NEXT TO CALVIN, ALSO WITH EYES OF WONDERMENT:
Do you think the townsfolk will ever find Hamster Huey's head?”
― The Days Are Just Packed
What story would you like tonight? We can read anything except...
CALVIN, INTERRUPTING HIM:
"Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie"!
CALVIN'S DAD, IN ANGUISH:
NO! No Hamster Huey tonight! We've read that book a million times!
CALVIN:
I want Hamster Huey!
CALVIN'S DAD, Nearly Pleading:
Look, you KNOW how the story goes. You've memorized the whole thing! It's the same story every day!
CALVIN, Screaming:
I want Hamster Huey!
CALVIN, LYING IN BED WITH EYES OF WONDERMENT:
Wow, the story was different THAT time!
HOBBES, LYING IN BED NEXT TO CALVIN, ALSO WITH EYES OF WONDERMENT:
Do you think the townsfolk will ever find Hamster Huey's head?”
― The Days Are Just Packed
“No matter how hard you train, somebody will train harder.
No matter how hard you run, somebody will run harder.
No matter how hard you want it, somebody will want it more.
I am somebody.”
―
No matter how hard you run, somebody will run harder.
No matter how hard you want it, somebody will want it more.
I am somebody.”
―
“CALVIN: Our country was founded a very long time ago, roughly around 200 B.C.
TEACHER: (Glowering): 200 B.C.?
CALVIN: Before Calvin.
CALVIN: (Now sitting in the corner, wearing a dunce cap) That's what's IMPORTANT!”
― The Days Are Just Packed
TEACHER: (Glowering): 200 B.C.?
CALVIN: Before Calvin.
CALVIN: (Now sitting in the corner, wearing a dunce cap) That's what's IMPORTANT!”
― The Days Are Just Packed
“Enough to feed an army for a year.” “Or two satyrs for a month,” Newel said.”
― Wrath of the Dragon King
― Wrath of the Dragon King
“They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‘first chapters’. I have indeed written many.”
― The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One
― The Return of the Shadow: The History of The Lord of the Rings, Part One
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