“There are two good reasons for being nice to the underdogs in this life. One, because if the underdog grows up to be the kind of person that starts shooting, you'll have a chance at survival. Two, because it's the… — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share
“...the third reason [for being nice to the underdogs in life] being that the wheel of fortune is always spinning, spinning. And just because you're at the top today doesn't mean it'll always be so. When you're at the bottom,… — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“I am feeling much better now. I am fairly certain it was your letters that kept me alive.” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“It's amazing how people can take just one small part of a person and draw massive conclusions.” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“How long, I wonder, does it take a thing or a place or even a person to feel like home?” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“He almost died," I pointed out. "Not that I have any other experience of it, but I would guess that when people almost die,… — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“But I seem to recall that you can rub the outside of an apple until it shines without ever eradicating the worm within.” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“...that you should be nice to everyone until a person gives you reason not to be, and sometimes even then.” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“Everywhere around me, already I see cliques, the kinds of cliques you see in schools everywhere: jocks, troublemakers, mathletes, you name it. Me, I… — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“I love letters from little kids. Adults never proclaim themselves 'your #1 fan!” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image
“There are two good reasons for being nice to the underdogs in this life. One, because if the underdog grows up to be the kind of person that starts shooting, you'll have a chance at survival. Two, because it's the right thing to do the third reason being that the wheel of fortune is always spinning, spinning. And just because… — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share
“It is indeed possible to be widely read, as I am, and still have black holes in one's knowledge.” — Lauren Baratz-Logsted Copy Share Image