Sunday, May 18, 2008

Holes by Louis Sachar

  • Whenever anything went wrong, it felt good to be able to blame someone.
  • I learn from failure.
  • Everyone makes mistakes. You may have done some bad things, but that doesn't mean you're a bad kid.
  • He was just a fifteen-year old kid, and "eternity" didn't seem much longer than a week from Tuesday.
  • Don't laugh at people's dreams.
  • 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.
  • The rattlesnake would be a lot more dangerous if it didn't have a rattle.
  • If he didn't talk about it, then maybe it didn't happen.
  • We're all equal under the eyes of God.
  • Sound travels a great distance across a barren wasteland.
  • In a land of nothingness, any little thing seemed unusual.
  • When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up.
  • He thought only about each step, and not the impossible task that lay before him.
  • Stanley could hear his heart beat. Each beat told him was still alive, at least for one more second.

12/29/2006

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