Warning: Do not read this story right after eating. In fact, don’t read it right before eating either. In fact, just to be safe, don’t read this story if you’re ever planning to eat again.
You make the decision: Whom did God punish?
The bark on the tree was just a little softer.
Life is like crossing a river. If you take a huge step-aim for too bigger dreams-then the current will knock you off your feet and carry you away. The way to do it is small steps, you will take hold of life. You will get there in the end.
You can’t let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won’t give you the right choice.
Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.
Doesn’t every kid want to dig a hold to China? Didn’t you? What about Chinese children?
In a way, it made him sad. He couldn’t help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.
We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived.
The time you quit learning is the time to quit playing.
There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.
The impossible is more believable than the highly improbable.
It’s funny how you can go from hating a girl to maybe liking her, maybe liking her a lot, just because she shows a little interest in you.
I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.
But don’t forget who you really are. And I’m not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you’re alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you... Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That’s necessary for survival. But don’t lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won’t really have survived at all.
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.
When you spend your whole life living in a hole,” he said, “the only way you can go is up.
Back at the compound, they had dug in a systematic order, row upon row, allowing space for the water truck. But out here there was no system. It was as if every once in a while, in a fit of frustration, the Warden would just pick a spot at random, and say, “What the hell, dig here.” It was like trying to guess the winning numbers in a lottery.
Someday, the Cloud of Doom will be gone, and the world will be a much better place, even better than before the Cloud. Colors will be more colorful. Music will be more musical. Even Miss Mush’s food will taste good. The bigger the storm, the brighter the rainbow.
I have been to the White House,” Jeff admitted. “If you want, I’ll tell you about it.” Bradley thought a moment, then said, “Give me a dollar or I’ll spit on you.” 2.