"She just took off running to the old Perkins place. He couldn't help turning to watch. She ran as though it was her n…"

"He felt there in the teachers' room that it was the beginning of a new season in his life, and he chose deliberately …"

"When Leslie spoke, the words rolled out so regally, you knew she was a proper queen. He could hardly manage English, …"

"He was angry, too, because it would soon be Christmas and he had nothing to give Leslie. It was not that she would ex…"

"Even a prince may be a fool"

""Why don't we change our clothes and watch TV or something over at your house?" He felt like hugging her. "I'll make …"

"If there was anything her short life had taught her, it was that a person must be tough. Otherwise, you were had."

"Trotter its all wrong. Nothing turned out the way it was supposed to." "How do you mean supposed to? Life ain't suppo…"

"(Which childhood books and authors stick with you most?) Katherine Paterson’s books — which were almost traumatizing …"

"Would you end war? Create great Peace."