You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.
Well, the first hole’s the hardest, Magnet said.
Well, not exactly. I got a C-minus on the paper I wrote about my idea for the ergie. So then
Well, it’s very distracting when we have to keep saying every card out loud, complained East. I’m sorry my partner’s blindness makes life so difficult for you, said Gloria.
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The piles were a lot bigger than his hole was deep.
The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.
That’s the Little Dipper. Hey, Armpit, what sign are you? This is my sign, Armpit said, and gave him the finger.
Stanley wondered if this was how a condemned man felt on his way to the electric chair—appreciating all of the good things in life for the last time.
Stanley was still digging.
One was a fast-talking, skinny white guy. With him was a big dude wearing a cowboy hat and boots.
Miss Zarves taught the class on the nineteenth story. There was no Miss Zarves.
If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer. While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo—oo—oon, If only, if only.
If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply; Reflecting the sun and all that’s gone by. Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly. Fly high, my baby bird, My angel, my only
If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.Fly high, my baby bird,My angel, my only
I prefer to use the names their parents gave them -- the names that society will recognize them by when they return to become useful and hardworking members of society.
I have been to the White House, Jeff admitted. If you want, I’ll tell you about it. Bradley thought a moment, then said, Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you. 2.
How’d you like to take a ride on my new boat this Saturday? he asked her one evening after class. No, thank you, said Miss Katherine. We’ve got a brand-new boat, he said. You don’t even have to row it...
Higher and higher he climbed. His strength came from somewhere deep inside himself and also seemed to come from the outside as well. After focusing on Big Thumb for so long, it was as if the rock had...
He didn’t have any friends at home. He was overweight and the kids at his middle school often teased him about his size. Even his teachers sometimes made cruel comments without realizing it. On his la...