Sara Pennypacker Quotes

“Thanks, Clementine. See what I mean? Sometimes you have to figure out the problem before you can figure out the solution.”

“Toxic' was actually an accurate description of the feelings Clementine had so often felt in Erika's presence: the intense aggravation she had to work so hard to resist and conceal, the disappointment with herself, because Erika wasn't evil or cruel or stupid, she was simply annoying, and Clementine's response to her annoyingness was so completely disporportionate, it embarassed and confounded her. Erika loved Clementine. She'd do anything for her. So why did she inflame Clementine so? It was like she was allergic to her.”

“CLEMENTINE: This is it, Joel. It's going to be gone soon.JOEL: I know.CLEMENTINE: What do we do?JOEL: Enjoy it.”

“Life is life. You have to learn how to forgive people and how to gain forgiveness for yourself.”

“I was on the train; I did play, but I also played in bars, in the streets, at birthday parties for people who discovered me on the train.”

“I accept the fact that angels are great heavenly beings, and I think some people give me the feeling that I'm with an angel.”

“I've learned in the little bit of my life so far that you can't fool people. And so I only tell people what I think about: my ambitions, my dreams, what inspires me.”

“Never grow a wishbone daughter where your backbone ought to be.”

“Never grow a wishbone daughter where your backbone ought to be.”

“Never grow a wishbone daughter where your backbone ought to be.”