Lynda Mullaly Hunt Quotes

#1. I feel like the things I should say are the things I can't say. And the things I could say are the things I shouldn't say.

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#2. When I was younger, I loved math. Everything about math. But in school, math now has letters. Like what does x equal? There are also long stories with characters, and although the story is supposed to end with some number, all the words block my path to getting there.

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#3. BE SOMEONE'S HERO

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#4. You regret the things you don't do more than the things you do.

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#5. I guess sometimes you don't know what you want because you don't know it exists.

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#6. I believe that the things we put numbers on are not necessarily the things that count the most. you can't measure the stuff that makes us human.

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#7. She doesn't get it. Being funny when you don't mean to be is terrible. Having to laugh at yourself along with everyone else is humiliating.

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#8. Alice in Wonderland - a book about living in a world where nothing makes sense made perfect sense to me" -Ally

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#9. Do you know what courage is? It's being afraid and doing it anyway.

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#10. All these gifts you have, Carley. All these gifts you have." -pg. 157

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#11. You say that you'll grow up to be nobody. But logically.. if nobody's perfect... well then, you must be perfect.

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#12. Rain, rain falling down
Down, down on the gound
All the birds go in the trees
They don't like the rain, you see.

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#13. I love eggs. Scrambled eggs. Fried eggs. Poached on toast, and boiled eggs. I love peeling the shell off of a boiled egg, don't you. I even like egg salad, which my brother won't eat even if someone holds him down ...

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#14. One thing's for sure. We're not gonna fit in, but we're gonna stand out" -Keisha

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#15. An older brother is older. A big brother looks out for you and smiles when you walk into a room.

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#16. Sometimes I wonder. On the pathetic scale, where would I land? I know other kids my age would go to the mall if they cut school, but I'm off to the library.

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#17. But what really gets me is that in order for Mr. Daniels to come up with this plan, he must have thought of me outside of school - when he didn't have to think of me. I bet other teachers have never let me sit in their head one second longer than they had to.

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#18. maybe "I'm having trouble" is not the same as "I can't.

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#19. But most of all, I'll remember how she loved me. I turn away, knowing that I might never get to see Julie Murphy again. But I will know her for the rest of my life.

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#20. I'm afraid to open my mouth sometimes things just come out that get me more in trouble.

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#21. We've both changed. We're tired of having the world push us into places we don't want to be. We're both scared of losing love that maybe we never had to being with. We can have whatever we want in our lives. It's only a matter of deciding. But we don't have to do it alone. We have each other.

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#22. Every word is another shovelful of dirt from the hole I've dug for myself. So I figure my best bet is to shut my mouth.

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#23. So instead I stare at the steaming liquid dripping into a coffeepot and start thinking of steaming volcanoes. And dinosaurs standing around drinking coffee, staring up at the giant meteor soaring through the air, commenting on how pretty it is.

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#24. My mouth dries up. I know I am not apologizing for the picture. I am sorry for being there in the first place.

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#25. Great minds don't think alike.

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#26. If you put off a vibe that you can handle yourself, other people will start treating you that way. Everything is attitude.

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#27. I can't think of anything worse than having to describe myself. I'd rather write about something more positive.

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#28. He doesn't want to know about the real me. It'll be like people in scary movies who think they want to know whats in the basement, but when they find out, they're always sorry.

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#29. Only an uncouth person would wear snail snot- Albert

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#30. Everyone is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking that it's stupid.

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#31. I stand tall, but everything inside shrinks. The thing is, I feel real bad.

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