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Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

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Trenton Lee Stewart
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: May 27
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
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In other words, you are our last possible hope. You are our only hope.
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I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.
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At this, Constance sat down on a rock and covered her face. She seemed smaller than ever now - so small the harbor breeze might catch her up like a scrap of paper and carry her away, carry her into nowhere.
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One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.
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The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And some have been known to fall in it. In tennis it's nothing, but it can be received, And sometimes a person may win it. Though not seen or heard it may be perceived, Like princes or bees it's in clover. The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And without it one cannot start over.
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Oh, here's a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test?It reads, 'What wrong with this statement?' And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, 'What's wrong with you?
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I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.
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You are the smartest children i know. You just don't beleive it.
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Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society
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Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again?
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I'm an orphan! Constance cried gleefully. I'm an orphan! ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma
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Poor Kate,said Constance,she's lost her marbles.
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Listen, just do what you think is right, and we'll support it. ~ Sticky Washington, The Prisoner's Dilemma
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Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?
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Was it worse for him, Reynie wondered, to have felt loved and then rejected? Or was it worse to have always felt alone?
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Good grief! They're going to call us inside soon, and Sticky hasn't even met Madge yet! Who's Madge? Sticky asked. Her Majesty the Queen!
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No one seems to realize how much we are driven by FEAR, the essential component of human personality. Everything else - from ambition to love to despair - derives in some way from this single powerful emotion.
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Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it? Reynie considered. He imagined himself moving out his knight only to bring it right back to where it started. Why would he ever do such a thing? At last he said,Perhaps because he doubted himself.
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You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.
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You've read half the books in this house? This whole house? Well, approximately half. Sticky said. To be more accurate, I suppose I've read more like - his eyes went up as he calculated - three sevenths? Yes, three sevenths. Only three sevenths? said Kate, pretending to look disappointed. And here I was prepared to be impressed
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