Top 24 Paul Acampora Quotes
#2. Life is a gift. Going to church is like sending a thank-you card.
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#3. Because a person wants to know that there's a person in the world who would do something if they could." She takes a ragged breath. "Even if they can't.
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#5. It's not running away when you're going back home.
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#6. What's your life philosophy, Leo?" "I haven't figured it out yet." Abbey considers this. "'I haven't figured it out yet' is not a bad life philosophy
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#7. Is that a ukulele?" I ask.
We stop and listen closely. "Actually," says Elena, "it's a bunch of ukuleles.
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#8. Just because you're bossy," I tell her, "doesn't mean you're wrong.
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#9. When you try to learn everything about something, you end up learning something about everything.
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#10. Do you want to be in our mob?" Elena asks him.
"When did we get a mob?" he says.
"We don't have one yet. I'm working on it."
Michael turns to me.
"It's got something to do with books."
"In that case," says Michael, "I'm in.
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#11. Look both ways before you cross the street," she tells me.
I start to protest, but then it strikes me that if I am very lucky I will one day be able to offer annoying safety tips to my own children one day.
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#12. Where did you hide your Mockingbirds?" he asks.
"Ornithology," she replies.
"You hid TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD with the bird books?" I ask.
Elena shrugs. "I was being ironic.
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#13. I'm not one of those people who think that cancer is some kind of jousting match. People live or die based on good medicine, good luck, and the grace of God. The people that die from it did not fail. The people who live will die another day.
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#14. Shelving books incorrectly is as good as stealing them. It's almost worse.
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#15. We are all broken, but sometimes the jagged pieces fit together nicely.
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#16. ...A book connects you to the universe like a cell phone connects you to the Internet...But it only work if your battery's not dead. Mr. Nowak
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#17. We're okay." I don't know why I say that. Sometimes good manners are a curse.
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#18. Just being alive - even if you're only on the planet for a few years - is struggle enough. You've earned the right to be remembered.
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#19. But in the book," I say, "the mockingbird is supposed to be a symbol of innocence. That's why it's a sin to kill one."
"Who says it's a symbol of innocence?" asks Mort.
"Teachers," I tell him. "Book reviewers, critics --"
"Wikipedia," Elena calls from behind the window display.
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#21. We support all actions that lead to the joy, the fun, the reward, the challenge, and the adventure of reading.
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#22. You always leave something behind when you start something new.
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#23. It's not enough to know what all the words mean," he continued. "A good reader starts to see what an entire book is trying to say. And then a good reader will have something to say in return.
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#24. That's the key to happiness," Abbey declares. "Join the right circus.
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