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Where’s our teacher?”
“Probably getting it on with the English teacher.”
- Alex ...
R.J. MORSE, R.J. BROOKES I've got goose bumps up my back. Big time.
BOB GROVES The Farm Bureau is very much opposed to that. We're concerned because they just consolidated the Bel...
BOB GROVES It was tough to stay alive even before the fire. You've got to keep a positive attitude or you'll lo...
BOB GROVES Tonight is going to be like a big reunion.
BOB GROVES Here we are flying around with guys shooting at us, and we didn't know if our wingman was OK, if the...
BARBARA GROVES We circled what seemed like an eternity trying to decide whether we should stay there, whether we sh...
BARBARA GROVES It was a very, very lucky shot
BARBARA GROVES I'm very, very proud of him.
BARBARA GROVES I'm sincerely honored to have you all here to be a part of this,
BARBARA GROVES People say that you are only as good as your last appearance. If I have a bad outing, then I need to...
ANDREW GROVES In high school, if I got down in the count 2-0, I could throw three straight fastballs to strike a b...
ANDREW GROVES Chillicothe is getting a lot better. They are a team we match up well with and Grove City doesn't. B...
JERRY GROVES It's a little nerve-racking watching the last couple of races go. All I could do was sit there and w...
KRISTINA GROVES Why don't you G.O. 3 yourself! Find three (G)ifts and/or (O)pportunities in whatever thorn is in you...
CODY GROVES Our windshield was full of helicopter.
BARBARA GROVES Their entire business model is built on keeping prices and labor costs low; that's why, when it come...
DAVID GROVES It's really exciting. Not just to win the silver medal, but also the fact that I skated my best poss...
KRISTINA GROVES It's going to be a full slate at the Olympics. The 1,000 hasn't been my priority this year but it's ...
KRISTINA GROVES He did an amazing landing,
BARBARA GROVES Much of what they're doing we would have wanted to do if our approach had been successful. I can't s...
CHARLES GROVES Strike a match, ignite my past.
CADY GROVES I know. Not sure that's good ... is it?
DANIEL GROVES They stated that he is extremely supportive of the Governor and the administration's vision, is capa...
DANIEL GROVES He would be a big asset in helping effect the changes that are needed.
DANIEL GROVES They (the FEMA inspectors) tried to put it as nice as possible. They said that by us being able to s...
DAVID GROVES We don't try to pretend that we're doing this just out of the goodness of our hearts to protect Wal-...
DAVID GROVES They would be in jail. There would be no ifs, ands or buts.
GEORGIA GROVES I've got petitions signed, and I intend to pursue this to the bitter end. We've got a lot of good of...
GEORGIA GROVES This is not a first time offense. This is just the time he's been caught.
GEORGIA GROVES After looking at the results from last weekend, I was happy with the team's performance. But, we're ...
HARRY GROVES The biggest thing we got out of that meet was a step forward.
HARRY GROVES They worked their butts off. They went out there and gave it their all and willed themselves to a co...
HARRY GROVES Our team is designed for a meet like this. We have a strong team all around and should score well.
HARRY GROVES Being a short sprinter, Knowledge's got a little more light speed. I would never expect him to run 4...
HARRY GROVES Knowledge had a great high school career. The longer you have him, the faster he's going to get, the...
HARRY GROVES With the team we had in (the 4x400), that's pretty darn good. They ran exceptionally well. In a meet...
HARRY GROVES It's just a matter of conditioning.
HARRY GROVES The relays are always super exciting. Because of the individual events being so stacked, a lot of co...
HARRY GROVES What you're trying to do is upgrade your guys to the point that they get used to competing against t...
HARRY GROVES As soon as the water is safe we will let people know.
JAY GROVES It's an incredibly important position to everyone on campus.
JAY GROVES This is not uncommon for this to happen.
JAY GROVES The students were charged for food they received.
JAY GROVES [The error] caused money not to be pulled from accounts when [a card] was swiped.
JAY GROVES She's an amazing and tough competitor. It's always fun to watch her skate and to compete against h...
KRISTINA GROVES It's great for our team. It's great for Canada.
KRISTINA GROVES That was the best possible prep I could have done for this race. It was just good for my confidence.
KRISTINA GROVES People haven't really picked me my whole career, so I'm kind of used to that. I'm not too concerned ...
KRISTINA GROVES We couldn't have asked for anything better. We both had such great races.
KRISTINA GROVES It's pretty exciting for me, because I don't skate this race very often.
KRISTINA GROVES This whole medal count is, in my opinion, not really in the spirit of the Olympic Games. It just kin...
KRISTINA GROVES Friday is a huge game for us. We play each other three times in league. If we can get a win at their...
MICHAEL GROVES

Jack, sometimes you don't have to be mean to hurt someone.
R.J. PALACIO

AUGUST PULLMAN'S PRECEPT
Everyone deserves a standing ovation because we all overcometh the wor...
R.J. PALACIO

It’s not enough to be friendly. You have to be a friend.
R.J. PALACIO

Sometimes I think my head is so big because it is so full of dreams
R.J. PALACIO

Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than neede...
R.J. PALACIO

Youth and patience are foreign to one another.
R.J. LAWRENCE

It's easier to be wise for others than for yourself.
R.J. LAWRENCE

MR. BROWNE'S SEPTEMBER PRECEPT:

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN BEING
RIGHT OR BEING K...
R.J. PALACIO

Do people look the same when they go to heaven, mommy?"
"I don't know. I don't think so."
...
R.J. PALACIO

Courage. Kindness. Friendship. Character. These are the qualities that define us as human beings, an...
R.J. PALACIO

We find greatest joy, not in getting, but in expressing what we are. Men do not really live for hono...
R.J. BAUGHAN

Nature does not give to those who will not spend...
R.J. BAUGHAN

My mom smiled at me. Her smile kind of hugged me.
R.J. PALACIO

The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to hon...
R.J. PALACIO

I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around...
R.J. PALACIO

no, no, it's not all random, if it really was all random, the universe would abandon us completely. ...
R.J. PALACIO

If every person in this room made it a rule that wherever you are, whenever you can, you will try to...
R.J. PALACIO I might not be ready to pour out my feelings to the world, but I’d had enough of trying to ignore ...
R.J. ANDERSON

Within her simple, terrified mind, swift calculations of distance and speed were at work, and her fa...
R.J. LAWRENCE

Whenever there is a conflict between being right and being kind, if possible, choose being kind.
R.J. PALACIO

She looked down at the gun, harmless in its quiet. Asleep.
R.J. LAWRENCE

...we should be remembered for the things we do. The things we do are the most important things of a...
R.J. PALACIO You don't need meat at every meal," Riley offered, forking another bite of salad into his mouth and ...
R.J. SCOTT If there’s one thing you learn from me, after hearing about just under one year of my life can it ...
R.J. SEELEY

Hopeful people are more easily controlled, but the volume must be managed. Too much hope leaves a pe...
R.J. LAWRENCE I heard the universe as an oratorio sung by a master choir of stars, accompanied by the orchestra of...
R.J. ANDERSON

I think we're too young to be dating. I mean I don't see what the rush is." Summer says.
"Yeah...
R.J. PALACIO

He looked like a thing broken loose from a bedtime story, something unreal ... The giant watched her...
R.J. LAWRENCE

She looked at him, his black, depthless eyes like boiling wells of oil.
R.J. LAWRENCE

At last, the clock settled in the right place.
R.J. LAWRENCE

They waited and watched, while the clocks seemed to resist time.
R.J. LAWRENCE

She sat at the little table, her expression like that of a child digesting failed plans.
R.J. LAWRENCE

The boy raised the can to his nose and smelled, his lips wrinkling back as if he'd caught the busine...
R.J. LAWRENCE

They drove out of the driveway and onto the road, venturing forth into the horizon, spacious and emp...
R.J. LAWRENCE

Sometimes it's good to start over
R.J. PALACIO

But the best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now ...
R.J. PALACIO

It's bad luck not to believe in luck.
R.J. LAWRENCE

It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you've touched ...
R.J. PALACIO

Some things you just can't explain. You don't even try. You don't know where to start. All your sent...
R.J. PALACIO

AMOS CONTI'S PRECEPT
Don't try too hard to be cool. It always shows, and that's uncool.
R.J. PALACIO

That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.
R.J. PALACIO

the universe takes care of all its birds.
R.J. PALACIO

Learning who you are is what you're here to do.
R.J. PALACIO

We carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness...
R.J. PALACIO

It's like people you see sometimes, and you can't imagine what it would be like to be that person, w...
R.J. PALACIO

...your deeds are like your monuments. Built with memories instead of stone.
R.J. PALACIO

Here’s what I think: the only reason I’m not ordinary is that no one else sees me that way.
R.J. PALACIO

Funny how sometimes you worry a lot about something and it turns out to be nothing.
R.J. PALACIO

I actually like how doctors talk. I like the sound of science. I like how words you don't understand...
R.J. PALACIO

When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. - Dr Wayne W. Dyer
R.J. PALACIO

The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run ...
R.J. PALACIO

Now that I look back, I don't know why I was so stressed about it all this time. Funny how sometimes...
R.J. PALACIO I looked up, into the muddy hazel eyes of the nicest man I would ever learn to hate.
R.J. ANDERSON

He flipped over and positioned himself atop her, his head congested with rude thoughts.
R.J. LAWRENCE I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos, a blip on the timeline of...
R.J. ANDERSON

No, no, it's not all random, if it was really random, the universe would abandon us completely, and ...
R.J. PALACIO

When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, n...
R.J. LAWRENCE Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part ...
R.J. ANDERSON

You have to get angry in the face of bad situations. It's the most effective way to escape the bridl...
R.J. LAWRENCE

You want my advice? Well, here it is. Don't take no advice and don't give none neither.
R.J. LAWRENCE That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left.
R.J. SCOTT To play a good game, you need a few players.
R.J. TORBERT

What fools are those who spend their time constructing defenses against things there are no defenses...
R.J. LAWRENCE

On one side of the room, a middle-aged couple filled the boxes of a newspaper crossword puzzle, thei...
R.J. LAWRENCE

Outside, the air filled with cricket noise, as the sun reddened in its descent.
R.J. LAWRENCE

He kissed her somber lips and said goodbye, and then he shut the door in her beautiful face against ...
R.J. LAWRENCE

They rolled up the path, tree branches raking the windshield like angry wardens.
R.J. LAWRENCE

They loved deeply in those early years, as it is common for young lovers to do.
R.J. LAWRENCE

A smile leaked from behind the boy’s somber face, and then the thing withered like a little flower...
R.J. LAWRENCE

The sun had set, but a faint pastel haze lingered in the mid-summer sky.
R.J. LAWRENCE

The driver watched the young female figure approach within his rearview mirror, unable to discern mo...
R.J. LAWRENCE One must simply take the days of their lives as they happen. If you spend time worrying over what is...
R.J. GONZALES No matter what side of the law you are on, when it comes to revenge, there is no mercy.
R.J. TORBERT I disliked numbers, and they didn't think much of me either.
R.J. ANDERSON

Never apologize for correct actions.
R.J. LAWRENCE

One mistake does not define you.
R.J. PALACIO

Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement, given when needed....
R.J. PALACIO A flower bloomed already wilting. Beginning its life with an early ending.
R.J. GONZALES The courage to live in the present, between time and timelessness. No matter the circumstance, it is...
R.J. BLIZZARD It is becoming apparent that authentic journeys are not measured by time. The only time is the prese...
R.J. BLIZZARD

The door closed and darkness claimed the room.
R.J. LAWRENCE You studied and did your duty, believed and did what you were told with a promise of a life that is ...
R.J. BLIZZARD You both make each other want to be better people, and that’s a feckin’ rare thing. Far too many...
R.J. PRESCOTT Many of our churches have become content with creating well-behaved constituents instead of forgiven...
R.J. GRUNEWALD Every time you show your feelings, you apologize. Have you ever had an emotion in your life that you...
R.J. ANDERSON You broke her heart in person—you fix it in person!
R.J. GONZALES Solaris a blaze of freedom raging.
R.J. ASKEW I do not desire evil, Garan had said to her once, but it seems to me that to stand idle wh...
R.J. ANDERSON Reluctantly she lifted her eyes to his, and he went on: "I want you to understand this as though I w...
R.J. ANDERSON I'm just a little cold," said Knife, pulling the blanket closer about her shoulders.
Paul wrapp...
R.J. ANDERSON its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber
R.J. PALACIO Religion searches for reason, and never finds purpose. They think the purpose is to have better reas...
R.J. BLIZZARD The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all et...
R.J. PETERS There are old pilots and there are bold pilots', goes the saying, 'there are no old bold pilots'. Ha...
R.J. CHILDERHOSE It is possible for things to get worse without limit.
HERBERT R.J. GROSCH

It’s this or nothing at all.

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