Your pony, he said as he stomped toward me. "I'm the farrier who is here to fix your pony."" I thought you were a Hells Angel, " I said." I used to be, " he replied. "But fighting all the time and being really drunk and nasty got boring. So now I just take care of animals. Jack Gantos
Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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Mahatma Gandhi
First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.
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Nicholas Klein
Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.
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Criss Jami
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Confucius
We give up on life so easily. It's time we stopped and started fighting for it!
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Anthony T. Hincks
More Quotes By Jack Gantos
Eventually, her designed genetic material will be implanted into my egg, which first would have had my genetic material removed. Then my mother could become my baby. And someday, when I get old, I can become her baby. Then she will be mine, and I...
Granny was right, ' I said. 'When you forgive someone it does make you stronger. It makes your heart bigger than your hate.
I like Saturdays. They are my best thinking days. It is my day to try to find that one special thought that turns into an idea that I remember forever and becomes a part of who I am, like a freckle or a finger or...
I want you to take a sleeve of Thin Mints and line them up on the edge of the kitchen counter and when I'm hungry I can just bend over and sweep a cookie into my mouth like I'm scoring a goal in hockey.
You know, Joey, the medication has helped settle you down, but you have been a good kid all along. You are naturally good. I hope you know that about yourself. You have a good heart.
