The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

by Marc Levy

I think it’s phony to force oneself to be jolly just because it happens to be marked on the calendar.”

“Imagine how boring that would be if the future was already written! What about our own free will?

Your future depends on your choices, on your will. It belongs to you.”

Boys like to fight, and of course, it’s in their nature. But as they grow up and their vocabulary expands, they will find the right words to express themselves and the violence will subside. Brutality is just the result of frustration, the incapacity to express oneself in words. Without words, people often resort to fists.”