“Be brave, little rabbit. Take a chance.”
― Breaking Free
― Breaking Free
“When you are Real you don't mind being hurt.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”
― The Velveteen Rabbit
― The Velveteen Rabbit
“In the high school classroom you are a drill sergent, a rabbi, a shoulder to cry on, a disciplinarian, a singer, a low-level scholar, a clerk, a referee, a clown, a counselor, a dress-code enforcer, a conductor, an apologist, a philosopher, a collaborator, a tap dancer, a politician, a therapist, a fool, a traffic cop, a priest, a mother-father-brother-sister-uncle-aunt, a bookeeper, a critic, a psychologist, the last straw.”
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