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> [“Things aren't what they seem. What a truth to learn at such a tender age! More discouraging was the way in which everyone around him—his parents in particular—seemed so certain of what was and what wasn't. They were intent on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/things-aren-t-what-they-seem-what-a-truth-to-learn-at-such-a-tender/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

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## More by Jan Strnad

> [“Things aren't what they seem. What a truth to learn at such a tender age! More discouraging was the way in which everyone around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/things-aren-t-what-they-seem-what-a-truth-to-learn-at-such-a-tender/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“Aunt Flo's love is not a soft thing, I think, but something hard and unyielding, which can be good or bad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/aunt-flo-s-love-is-not-a-soft-thing-i-think-but-something-hard-and/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“You were a child, you didn't mean to hurt my feelings. Children are ignorant. It takes an adult to choose to be cruel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/you-were-a-child-you-didn-t-mean-to-hurt-my-feelings-children-are/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“Never mind being first. If you want to count for something, be the last of your kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/never-mind-being-first-if-you-want-to-count-for-something-be-the-last/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“I see the life draining out of her and something else taking its place, but I don't know what. Maybe that's the problem. Maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/i-see-the-life-draining-out-of-her-and-something-else-taking-its/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“Alice likes to swing as high as she can. At the schoolyard on the big swings there, I think maybe she's going to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/alice-likes-to-swing-as-high-as-she-can-at-the-schoolyard-on-the-big/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“The evening air smelled like secrets. The breeze that stirred his hair had been places Matt could only imagine. It had twined through trees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/the-evening-air-smelled-like-secrets-the-breeze-that-stirred-his-hair/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“She couldn't see the mathematical beauty in a leaf, the miracle in a seed that becomes a seedling, the absolute wonder that is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/she-couldn-t-see-the-mathematical-beauty-in-a-leaf-the-miracle-in-a/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“Alice twists a lock of her hair as she sucks on her straw and swivels back and forth on her seat. The shush of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/alice-twists-a-lock-of-her-hair-as-she-sucks-on-her-straw-and-swivels/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

> [“Now I understand. Alice is afraid. The whole town is afraid because the world doesn't make sense to them anymore. Two kids go missing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-strnad/now-i-understand-alice-is-afraid-the-whole-town-is-afraid-because-the/)

[Jan Strnad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-strnad/)

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