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"I have four sisters. And I'd trade them all in for a good dog."
"What's so great about being serious all the time anyway?"
"[Leslie has died and Jesse's father tries to comfort him] Is it like The Bible says? Is she going to Hell?"
"[seeing Jesse smiling at Ms. Edmonds, bends down] Take a picture. Lasts longer."
"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open."
"We rule Terabithia, and nothing crushes us!"
"You are who you are, not your parents."
"[Jesse tries to hand Leslie the fake letter to Janice Avery] You have to write. Boy’s handwriting sucks. No offense."
"[on the ride back from church, about Christianity] You have to believe it, and you hate it. I don't have to believe it, and I think it's beautiful."
"I check my air... I don't have as much time as I need to see everything, but that's what makes it so special."
"Mrs. Myers: If any of you try to download this essay, you will be downloaded into detention."
"Mrs. Myers: Jesse Aarons! I got it from your sisters. I certainly do not need it from you!"
"Leslie Burke, May Belle Aarons, Little Kids: [chanting] Free the pee! Free the pee! Free the pee!"
"Bill Burke: She loved you, you know."
"Bill Burke: Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing - Teddy Roosevelt said that, not me."
"Jack Aarons: She brought you something special when she came here, didn't she? That's what you hold on to. That's how you keep her alive."
"May Belle Aarons: [To Leslie] If you don't believe in the bible, God'll damn you to hell when you die!"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.