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"Inside every person is a story worth telling, and we have only ourselves to blame if we don’t perk up our ears and listen." — Feb 01, 2026 06:59PM
"Inside every person is a story worth telling, and we have only ourselves to blame if we don’t perk up our ears and listen." — Feb 01, 2026 06:59PM
“I'd learned early that fatness in a book wasn't a warning sign, but rather a promise that you would be allowed to remain in its world for a longer time.”
― Nighttown
― Nighttown
“A book that bores me to tears is a book that neglects character building and quality of prose.”
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“What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face.
"Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-grade spelling, what grade am I?"
The teacher laughed at the turn of her phrase. "you aren't any grade at all, no matter where you are in school. You're just yourself, aren't you? What difference does it make what grade you're in! And what's the use of your reading little baby things too easy for you just because you don't know your multiplication table?”
― Understood Betsy
"Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-grade spelling, what grade am I?"
The teacher laughed at the turn of her phrase. "you aren't any grade at all, no matter where you are in school. You're just yourself, aren't you? What difference does it make what grade you're in! And what's the use of your reading little baby things too easy for you just because you don't know your multiplication table?”
― Understood Betsy
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