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21 " You could pick out what felt surprising in a book or poem and then save it, as long as you also wrote down the name of the person who wrote it first "
― Blue Balliett , Hold Fast
22 " She wouldn't be helpless, not ever, not if she could see a way out. She wouldn't allow that to happen. She could see that being helpless in a situation like this was dangerously close to becoming just plain less "
23 " The smallest detail may be the one that matters the most "
24 " Inside this building, the world had felt generous, limitless, like a safe spot for dreams to grow. "
25 " in the summer, it's short greens and tall greens and sometimes a smudge of other colors. In winter, it's squinty white,and sometimes deep when it looks flat. In early spring and late fall, the town gets brown and black, like an old photograph. "
― Blue Balliett , The Danger Box
26 " my grandpa and grandma aren't like me. They're more like sheets drying outside on a breezy day--they change directions without any fuss. But me, if I was a sheet and the wind blew me, I'd never stop flapping. "
27 " you can pick what you want from the definition, like picking flowers from a garden "
28 " Crash, from the Russian krashenina Noun: a rough fabric sometimes used to strengthen the spine of a book "
29 " Be a squeaky wheel but talk nice "
30 " People get distracted by worries and sadness, and have to struggle to see anything else. They have to work hard to hold on to beauty, to hold fast to dreams and words "
31 " I had hope "
32 " Picasso said that art is a lie, but a lie that tells the truth. "
― Blue Balliett , Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)
33 " By the time they got to school, both were worn out by trying to think of something to say, and trying _not_ to say what they were really thinking. "
34 " Well?” the man shouted. “With or against?” No one replied, and "
― Blue Balliett , The Calder Game (Chasing Vermeer, #3)
35 " Sobrevivência, às vezes, é uma bênção mista. "
36 " Now Early realized that a light had gone out, and "
37 " Dig down, fly high, remember where you want to go, and one day you'll get there: Roots + Wings + Dreams=Home! "
38 " and gave her a thank-goodness hug "
39 " Rhythms appear in the ways flowers grow, water flows, the earth moves around the sun, the moon moves through their dreams, and thoughts travel within their minds. "
40 " Funny what a difference one successful phone conversation can make! "