When you win, you stay calm. When you lose, you stay calm. Now, don’t get me wrong, I wanted to win. Nobody likes to lose in baseball or in anything. But my mom always taught me that if you have a tantrum out there on the field and let the
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“The thing about books,’ she said, ‘is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“If I ever gave you the idea that 1958’s all Andy-n-Opie, remember the path, okay? The one lined with poison ivy. And the board over the stream.”
― 11/22/63
― 11/22/63
“Because even the bravest of us can still be afraid sometimes, so long as we don’t let our fear become all we know.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“There are mysteries that may never be solved, no matter how hard we try. And if we spend too long trying to solve them, we may miss what’s right in front of us.”
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
― The House in the Cerulean Sea
“Maybe you’re right. Turns out reality is more important than we thought,” Dion said.”
― Sea of Tranquility
― Sea of Tranquility
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