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• Whereever you end up;" Jack whispered into my ear."I wish you clear skies. Always

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  Sky, Wish, Ears

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• I've learned that if you wait long enough, you might get a second chance at something you gave up on. And sometimes you'll be the one to give the second chance to someone else.

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  Second Chance, Long, Giving

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• ...I believe that once you find something you love, something that works, why keep looking for more? People always think there is something better around the corner. I decided a long time ago I'd stop wasting my time looking for something better and enjoy what I had.

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  Believe, Thinking, Long

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• When I was your age I knew nothing about the world or my place in it. I figured I'd be someone's wife, then someone's mother. It never occurred to me to be someone myself.

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  Mother, Wife, Age

  Wendy Mass (2008). “Every Soul a Star: A Novel”

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• I'm going to tell you a secret. Our lives are shaped by the future, not by the past. Once you decide how you want your life to be, all you need to do is live into that future.

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  Past, Secret, Needs

  Wendy Mass (2008). “Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall”, p.151, Hachette UK

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• Whoa!" she says as I plow into her. " What are you DOING? Get off me!" I hang on tight. "Can't a girl just hug her big sister?" She stops fighting me. "Are you dying? Am I dying? Did Grandma die? I laugh. "No one died." "Then get off!

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  Girl, Grandma, Fighting

  Wendy Mass (2011). “11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel”, p.168, Scholastic Inc.

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• Everyone thinks I named my cat Mango because of his orange eyes, but that's not the case. I named him Mango because the sounds of his purrs and his wheezes and his meows are all various shades of yellow-orange.

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  Cat, Eye, Thinking

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• Do you ever think if people heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

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  Funny, Thinking, People

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• I've learned that almost anyone will help if you ask for it.

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  Helping, I've Learned, Asks

  Wendy Mass (2011). “13 Gifts”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'm sorry for the randomness of what I wrote, Mr. Oswald. There's been a lot to absorb.' Without looking up, he says, 'Never apologize for writing your truth, Mr. Fink. There are no right or wrong answers.

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  Sorry, Writing, Wrong Answers

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• And when he [the author of the universe] had compounded the whole, he divided it up into as many souls as there are stars, and allotted each soul to a star. And mounting them on their stars, as if on chariots, he showed them the nature of the universe and told them the laws of their destiny. - "Timaeus" by Plato 427-347 B.C.

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  Stars, Plato, Destiny

  Wendy Mass (2008). “Every Soul a Star: A Novel”

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• So we stand there, part of a crowd a thousand people strong, beaming up at the sky with wonder. I knew with a sudden certainty that wherever I am in the future - up in my treehouse, alone in the school cafeteria, or trying to figure out what my teachers are talking about, a part of me will always be right here, right now, wish that giant eye in the sky shining down on me, telling me it's going to be alright.

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  Teacher, Strong, School

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• So softly Lizzy has to lean over to hear me, I say, 'I can't face the world until I know why I'm here.' You're kidding me.' I shake my head vehemently. 'No. I need to figure out my purpose. Until I do, what's the use of getting up?

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  Needs, Purpose, Use

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• comparing what you see during an eclipse to the darkness at night is like comparing an ocean to a teardrop.

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  Ocean, Night, Darkness

  Wendy Mass (2008). “Every Soul a Star”, p.36, Hachette UK

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• We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could have taken another path. We are essentially a beautiful fluke, as are the millions of other species with which we share this planet. Our cells are composed of atoms and dust particles from distant galaxies, and from the billions of living organisms that inhabited this planet before us.

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  Beautiful, Taken, Cells

  Wendy Mass (2010). “Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life”, p.109, Hachette UK

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• and as streams of light fan out behind the darkened sun like the wings of a butterfly, i realize that i never saw true beauty until now.

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  Butterfly, Light, Wings

  Wendy Mass (2008). “Every Soul a Star”, p.116, Hachette UK

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• My arms flew up of thier own accord knoking my bag down. I grabbed hold of the desk to keep myself from falling down.

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  Fall, Flew Up, Bags

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• Its a very good book and i wish i read it first than anyone else!!!!

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  Book, Wish, Firsts

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• I blend in the backgroud. when I arive for lunch my friends are surprised i'm not already there.

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  Lunch, My Friends

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• It's a date," Leo repeats, and we shake on it.Leo's mother sticks her head in the door. "You guys are too young to be dating!" "Mom!"Leo cries,turning bright red.

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  Mom, Mother, Doors

  Wendy Mass (2011). “11 Birthdays: A Wish Novel”, p.266, Scholastic Inc.

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• The thing about leaving something behind for the last time is that you rarely realize you're doing it.

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  Leaving, Lasts, Realizing

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• After all, they'd be busy for a while, they were Candymakers now, and they had a whole lotta candy to make.

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  Busy, Candy, Whole

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• Life is short...eat desert first!

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  Life Is Short, Desert, Firsts

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• The oversized chairs are white; the walls, covered with occasional landscape paintings, are white; and the plush carpet is the whitest of all. I'm insanely glad I didn't bring a cup of grape juice with me.

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  Wall, White, Landscape Painting

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• You take the flotsam," I tell her, "I'll take the jetsam." You always get the jetsam,"she says pretending to pout. "Do you ever think if poeple heard our conversations they'd lock us up?" All the time.

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  Thinking, Locks, Pretending

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