Chris Kurtz Quotes

#1. Good point." Sophia said at last. "I'm not very good at saying sorry, but I apologize.

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#2. I think we're all aiming to be something better than what everyone thinks we were born to be

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#3. Cats are good at keeping clean [ ... ] Dogs are good at running forever without getting tired. And I think that pigs are good at being optimistic and not giving up even when things are really bad. So today we're going to do things the pig way, okay?

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#4. I used to be a fool ... A stubborn fool. I didn't know enough to stand by my friends. Now I'm just stubborn.

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#5. She looked all around. It was so strange to feel trapped in the middle of so much open space. But that was exactly how she felt.

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#6. Cats may have nine lives, but pigs . . . don't . . . give . . . up.

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#7. You'll never make it out there. You weren't made for South Pole adventures."
Flora gave her an icy look. "I think I know by now what I was made for.

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#8. The stars were extra bright tonight, and they shone and glimmered as if each one had something it wanted to say.

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#9. Son, you never know who will step up with the brains and talent in a time of need and be the right one for the job.

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#10. This was a cruel world she had been born into, all pink and squirming. She'd never wanted to see reality. Now, like the cold, it was impossible to ignore.

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#11. Flora threw herself forward at the signal, and the men standing nearby cheered. Two of them ran alongside for a few steps, waving their hats. "Go, pig! Pull, pig!

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#12. A great yellow circle above the cornfield had slipped out from behind some clouds. The moon. It was the first moon Flora had ever seen. Her heart filled with the beauty of it, and she made a promise to herself. I will be prepared. And I won't live forever inside this pen.

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#13. How unlucky she was--born with adventurous hooves that were stuck inside a pen. But she wasn't giving up. If there was a way out, Flora said to herself, she would find it.

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#14. But that night in her dream she flew high above the earth in a moonless sky. Behind her, like a falling star, sailed a silver sled.

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#15. You don't have to look for trouble. It will find you. And when that happens"--Luna disappeared, but her voice continued--"keep up that great spirit and make a plan, because nine lives is just a state of mind.

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