April 17, 2021 KidLitQuoteOfTheDay: "She made an enormous wish. She wished the lonely dark away."--The Starkeeper by

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“I never suffer from I suffer much from the idea that my loneliness might be taken away from me by a lot of mercilessly well-meaning people.”

Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) in

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Juveniles of the ancient shark-relative, Bandringa, are found in the Mazon Creek concretions. The lack of adults and dominance of youngsters and egg cases suggest the area served as a nursery.
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We do not have true freedom so long as we believe that we are only the body and mind.
- Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj

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“London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.”
― Dorothy Parker

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"Thy fate is the common fate of all: into each life some rain must fall." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

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Reading books is like wearing winter clothes; it covers and warms up the body of your naked soul.

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March 10, 2021 KidLitQuoteOfTheDay: "I had a poem in my pocket,/but my pocket got a rip./Rhymes tumbled down my leg and trickled from my hip."--Poem in My Pocket by Chris Tougas, illustrated by

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