“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters are things people should be scared of, but they aren't.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Adults follow paths. Children explore. Adults are content to walk the same way, hundreds of times, or thousands; perhaps it never occurs to adults to step off the paths, to creep beneath rhododendrons, to find the spaces between fences. I was a child, which meant that I knew a dozen different ways of getting out of our property and into the lane, ways that would not involve walking down our drive.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“Have you ever known anyone who was happy? And was still in his right mind, I mean...”
― The Complete Peanuts, 1969–1970
― The Complete Peanuts, 1969–1970
“For one brief moment victory was within our grasp!"
"And then the game started!”
― The Complete Peanuts, 1961-1962
"And then the game started!”
― The Complete Peanuts, 1961-1962
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