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41 " We all need a few minutes of privacy sometimes "
― Blue Balliett , Hold Fast
42 " Families dropped out of programs, suffered through emergencies, had to move overnight. No one seemed surprised when a kid stayed out of school or didn't come to meals; no one asked where he or she was, as if missing stuff was just part of life. "
43 " Sometimes kids can do a better job than their parents when life gets mean. We try, but we got confusions "
44 " we can visit libraries, go to free places in the city, and think again "
45 " Reading is a tool no one can take away. A million bad things may happen in a life and it'll still be with you, like a flashlight that never needs a battery. Reading can offer a crack of light on the blackest of nights. "
46 " Chase, from the Middle French chasse and Latin capsa Noun: a rectangular metal frame used for printing "
47 " Dash had explained that owls symbolize knowledge and wisdom "
48 " Any clues might have been impossible to comprehend from his vantage point "
49 " It was almost, with Mr. Waive, like the big words were his way of building a protective fence. Syllables to hide behind. "
50 " Dash's heart kept a rhythm with her own at all times, and his power, drive and sparkle filled her mind "
51 " Spin it around, look at it from all sides, try to find a weak spot, if there was one. "
52 " People, she realized, had rhythms, too. Unique ways of behaving and talking. "
53 " But a pearl, she reminded herself, comes from something uninvited and difficult, a grain of sand in an oyster, something that eventually, over time, becomes a thing of beauty. "
54 " working hard keeps you from going crazy "
55 " Living in that house felt a bit like living in a slowly turning kaleidoscope. "
― Blue Balliett , The Wright 3 (Chasing Vermeer, #2)
56 " ART IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MODE OF COMMUNICATION THAT EXISTS. — JOHN DEWEY, ART AS EXPERIENCE "