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1 " I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world? "
― Tae Keller , Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
2 " You can’t always protect breakable things. Hearts and eggs will break but you keep going anyway, because science is asking questions and living is not being afraid of the answer. "
― Tae Keller , The Science of Breakable Things
3 " A scientist never apologizes for asking questions. Questions keep us alive. "
4 " Everybody have good and bad in them. But sometimes they so focused on sad, scary stories in life that they forget the good. When that happen, you don't tell them they are bad. That only make it worse. You remind them of the good. "
― Tae Keller , When You Trap a Tiger
5 " It's always so awkward when adults comment on your age. They look at you and say You're still so young or You're getting so old, and you want to shake your head and say I'm not young or old. I'm just me. "
6 " Science is asking questions. And living is not being afraid of the answer "
7 " Does it get easier? Does the sadness go away? The sadness fades, yeah. Eventually. But the missing ... I don't know if that ever does. "
8 " I am a girl who sees invisible things, but I am not invisible. "
9 " Story magic is powerful, powerful enough to change someone. And when a story is locked away, its magic only grows. Sometimes it grows sour. The magic becomes a kind of poison. "
10 " Natalie, you aren't the captain because you do everything right and stay out of trouble. You're the captain because you bring us all together" -Twig "
11 " Sometimes, no matter how much you want people to stay, you have to let them go. "
12 " He’s quiet, because I think he knows: Sometimes, with the hard things, you don’t want to talk about it. You just want someone to know it’s happening. "
13 " But I believe in me. When you believe, that is you being brave. Sometime, believing is the bravest thing of all" -Halmoni "
14 " If you are strong, you can hold more than one truth in your heart" -the tiger "
15 " I accept it, and warmth spreads up my fingertips and through my body. A small part of me perks up, smiles. And I'm not sure the smiles reaches my face, but maybe this is how healing starts - small bits of happiness waking up inside you, until maybe one day it spreads through your whole self" -Lily "
16 " I've been thinking more about perennial plants. About how sometimes life needs to go underground, bury itself deep to survive, and how maybe that's not a bad thing. It's just necessary. And that's okay." -Natalie "
17 " Being brave means going up to people and saying, "Here's what I believe. I trust you," he said. Trust is the scariest thing to give but it is the most powerful. "
18 " A cure is not about what we want. It's about what we need. The same is true for stories. "
19 " Even if things aren't perfect, they can still be good. "
20 " And maybe it would be nice to have some help—from someone who isn’t all that bothered by the why of things. "
