Johnemett

“What's the matter?" said the old man. "Can't you make up your mind what kind you want?"

The kid laughed. "I want them all." He threw his hands out. "I'm learning everything!"

He opened one of the books. "Look...geometry...triangles...”
― Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee

“He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he made a choice, like a tree does when it decides to grow one way or the other. He grew large and green until he shadowed over the whole forest, but most of his branches are twisted.”
― Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion

“Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.”
― Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game

“I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent