“I think that’s probably the real reason I go to the graveyard. I’m not afraid of seeing ghosts. I think I’m really looking for ghosts. I want to see them. I’m looking for anything to prove that when I drop dead there’s a chance I’ll be doing something a little more exciting than decaying.”
― The Pigman
― The Pigman
“There was no point in saying you were sorry if you aren’t,.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“I don't need to know whether or not we are capable of magic. Because learning to love yourself, and finding people who love yourself too, that's the real magic.”
― What Magic Is This?
― What Magic Is This?
“The boys now accept Olivia and Tashi in class and more mothers are sending their daughters to school.
The men do not like it: who wants a wife who knows everything her husband knows? they fume. But the women have their ways, and they love their children, even their girls.”
― The Color Purple
The men do not like it: who wants a wife who knows everything her husband knows? they fume. But the women have their ways, and they love their children, even their girls.”
― The Color Purple
“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions,” said Atticus, “but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
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