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Life will deal me many different hands, some good, some bad (maybe they've already been dealt), but from here on in, I'll be turning my own cards. —Alton Richard
Louis Sachar
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Louis Sachar
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 20
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You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.
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Rattlesnakes would be a lot more dangerous if they didn't have the rattle.
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It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
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I didn't become a good writer until I learned how to rewrite. And I don't just mean fixing spelling and adding a comma. I rewrite each of my books five or six times, and each time I change huge portions of the story.
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Toni hears voices, said Trapp. But who is this Dr. Ellsworth to tell her she's a schizophrenic? Maybe she just perceives better than the rest of us. Maybe the voices she hears are just uncommunicated ideas, floating free.
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Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.
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You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.
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Not everyone is as nice as us.
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But I'm taking small steps 'Cause I don't know where I'm going I'm taking small steps And I don't know what to say. Small steps, Trying to pull myself together And maybe I'll discover A clue along the way!
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We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived.
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I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it.After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.
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The media tends to portray the teenage world as one where drinking and sex is taken for granted. In fact, I think most teenagers don't drink, are unsure of themselves, and feel awkward around members of the opposite sex.
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The bark on the tree was just a little softer.
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Give me a dollar or I'll spit on you.
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Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don't read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don't read this story if you're ever planning to eat again.
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It's – I write the books and let the market find who reads it. I guess a young adult is anywhere from ten to fifteen.
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Doesn't every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn't you? What about Chinese children?
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Zero wasnt worried, When you spend your whole life living in a shole, he said, the only way you can go is up.
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In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.
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What amazes me is that most days feel useless. I don't seem to accomplish anything-just a few pages, most of which don't seem very good. Yet, when I put all those wasted days together, I somehow end up with a book of which I'm very proud.
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