Nancy Farmer
Nancy Farmer
Nancy Farmeris an American author of children's and young-adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and she won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The House of the Scorpion, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002...
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hero long suave
Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.
high-points
The high point of your life was when you knocked me down
hurt littles said
A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.
ostriches elephants rivers
I am she who lifts the mountains When she goes to hunt, Who wears mamba for a headband And a lion for a belt. Beware! I swallow elephants whole And pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns, I drink up rivers to get at the hippos. Let them hear my words! Nhamo is coming And her hunger is great. I am she who tosses trees Instead of spears. The ostrich is my pillow And the elephant is my footstool! I am Nhamo Who makes the river my highway And sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds!
fate joy favors
But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
suffering awareness
After all, what is suffering but an awareness of suffering?
running lying dark
I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.
wind sky smell
Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.
wind soul hell
If I had a soul, I’d probably wind up in hell anyway.
lying differences ideas
No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. That's because there isn't any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy lie.
people attention
Slow people are just paying close attention.
giving-up fighting animal
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope. But humans are different. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win.
and-love patience-and-love can-do
Patience and love can do anything.
girl ideas water
The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but she didn't know what she wanted and she had no idea how to find it.