Se Hinton Rumble Fish Quotes & Sayings

It was her last breakfast with Bapi, her last morning in Greece. In her frenetic bliss that kept her up till dawn, she'd scripted a whole conversation in Greek for her and Bapi to have as their grand finale of the summer. Now she looked at him contentedly munching on his Rice Krispies, waiting for the right juncture for launchtime.

He looked up at her briefly and smiled, and she realized something important. This was how they both liked it. Though most people felt bonded by conversation, Lena and Bapi were two of a kind who didn't. They bonded by the routine of just eating cereal together.

She promptly forgot her script and went back to her cereal.

At one point, when she was down to just milk, Bapi reached over and put his hand on hers. 'You're my girl,' he said.

And Lena knew she was. — Ann Brashares

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better. — Jon Weisman

You're taking the bus around Burbank?" Lester said. "Christ, Perry, this is Los Angeles. Even homeless people drive cars. — Cory Doctorow

I believe that if you speak from your heart each time you open your mouth, you cannot go wrong. — David Anthony Durham

It is impossible for any single medium to fully capture the emotion and intensity of war. The Battlefield 3: The Russian novel is one window into the experience, and the game is another. They complement each other perfectly, — Andy McNab

I know that to personalize the Earth System as Gaia, as I have often done and continue to do in this book, irritates the scientifically correct, but I am unrepentant because metaphors are more than ever needed for a widespread comprehension of the true nature of the Earth and an understanding of the lethal dangers that lie ahead. — James E. Lovelock

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write. — Hisham Matar

As many servants so many enemies. — Seneca The Younger

Literature is by definition opinionated. It is bound to provoke the arguments in many quarters, not excluding the hometown or even the family of the author. — Kurt Vonnegut

She no longer recognized herself, she thought. She had taken the wrong path, opened the wrong door, and was unable to find her way back. — Kate Atkinson

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have. — Merlin Olsen