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161 " A person is so much more than the name of a diagnosis on a chart. "
― Sharon M. Draper
162 " What your body looks like has nothing to do with how well your brain works "
― Sharon M. Draper , Out of My Mind
163 " Country is lemons—not sour, but sugar sweet and tangy. Lemon cake icing, cool, fresh lemonade! Lemon, lemon, lemon! Love it. "
164 " By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn’t change a thing. "
165 " Sometimes it's part of the guilt and grieving process-to con- sider suicide as an alternative to the pain. But the answer is life, Andy, not death. "
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167 " When I wake up in the morning, it's always sort of a letdown as reality hits me. "
168 " Everybody uses words to express themselves. Except me. And I bet most people don’t realize the real power of words. But I do. Thoughts need words. Words need a voice. "
169 " Le parole mi turbinano intorno da sempre come fiocchi di neve, tutte delicate e diverse, e tutte mi si sciolgono in mano prima che le tocchi. "
170 " Our team hasn’t done anything special. They don’t need to. They have me. "
171 " Country is lemons—not sour, but sugar sweet and tangy. Lemon cake icing, cool, fresh lemonade! Lemon, lemon, lemon! "
172 " Ho capito di essere diversa un pò alla volta, credo. Pensavo o ricordavo le cose senza problemi, ma ero stupita di non poter fare le cose. E questo mi mandava in bestia. "
173 " As another stack of two-by-fours landed by her porch, Stella couldn't help but think about how folks had come together when Spoon Man showed up. This time, however, they managed to do a cook-up for a whole house! Nobody had everything, but everybody had something to offer. "
― Sharon M. Draper , Stella by Starlight
174 " As the children from Riverside School and the children from Mountain View School filed out of the store, each grabbing one silver-wrapped chocolate from Mrs. Cooper’s basket, it struck Stella that everyone got the same thing, no matter which school they went to. "
175 " You work real hard, and what do you have to show for it? "
176 " Ashes don't necessarily signify an end. "
177 " At school Rose whispered with me about the trip, just like I’d seen other kids do when they have secrets. I felt like a real girl. "
178 " Many teenagers drink and then drive without thinking about the consequences. "
179 " Except for the lima beans. "
― Sharon M. Draper , The Dazzle Disaster Dinner Party (Sassy, #4)
180 " I think when we feel scared, they feel strong. "