You turned a crazy old guy into an enemy in less than two minutes. YOU did it. You've done it over and over, I've seen you: you approach people like an enemy and bam!, they turn into one, whether they...
You know, son, I don't think there's such a thing as an easy life. There's always going to be hard work and there will always be misfortunes we can't control, lurking out at the edges - storms, sickne...
What you need to learn, children, is the difference between right and wrong in every area of life. And once you learn the difference, you must always choose the right.
There is so much darkness in Ember, Lina. It’s not just outside, it’s inside us, too. Everyone has some darkness inside. It’s like a hungry creature. It wants and wants and wants with a terrible power...
The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren’t the master of yourself anymore. Anger is. Doon walked on silently. Inwardly, he groaned. He knew what his father was going to say, a...
The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren’t the master of yourself any-more.
The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren’t the master of yourself any-more. Anger is.
Somehow she had done wrong by trying to do right.
She heard a scrape, and then a rustling sound.
She could not understand why this world, which was so full of beauty and wonder, had to also be so full of horrors.
Remember the city, the city rememberWhere treasure is hidden under the groundThe city, the city, always rememberThat's where the treasure will be found.
Poppy was now almost well. She still slept more than usual, but when she wasn't sleeping she tromped around the doctor's house pulling spoons off the table and spilling cups of water and crumpling pag...
People didn't make life, so they can't destroy it. Even if we were to wipe out every bit of life in the world, we can't touch the place life comes from. Whatever made plants and animals and people spr...
Officer Gurney ran a strip of yellow tape around the back area of the café, roping it off so no one could disturb the site. Then he scanned the crowd. His eyes lit on a comfortably plump woman wearing...
Maybe. The trouble with anger is, it gets hold of you. And then you aren’t the master of yourself anymore. Anger is.
Lina liked going to the market plaza. It was always alive with people and animals, and the market had things she'd never seen before-sandals made of old truck tires, hats and baskets woven of straw.
Lina had never seen anyone so disorganized as the doctor. She peeked into the medicine room once when the doctor was out and was amazed at the clutter in there-shelves and cupboards and tables piled w...
Full to the brim with hope and love and joy, she watched the little light bulb shining like a promise in the night.
Clearly not all these people who said that God spoke to them heard the same thing. All the fighting nations said God was on their side. How could God be on everyone's side?
The main thing is to pay attention. Pay close attention to everything, noticewhat no one else notices. Then you'll know what no one else knows, andthat's always useful.