Joseph

“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“Now nothing was left hanging to the pole but the frazzled ends of the snapped blades.”
― Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

“Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that to your folks. All they'll do is point out how much bigger you are, how unfair it is to your little brother.”
― Fred Gipson, Old Yeller

“... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids.”
― Fred Gipson, Old Yeller