"But when you read books you almost feel……" — Matt de la Pena
"But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the main character. At least, that's the way I do it. It's actually not that bad. Even if it is mad nerdy."
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Matt de la Pena
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13 Quotes by Matt de la Pena
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My chest got this weird feeling, like when you stare into the eyes of a little baby and the baby…
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The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless,…
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I was really drawn to spoken-word style poetry. I loved the rhythms, and for some reason, I was just drawn…
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I guess I don't really know what I want to do, either. Sometimes I feel like a shook-up bottle of…
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When I'm following what a character does in a book I don't have to think about my own life. Where…
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People always think there's this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. But there's not. There's nothing.…
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But mostly I remember every morning before school. How she'd say "Hey, honey!" just I was walking out the apartment…
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Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power…
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When I was young, I grew up in a family of working-class people. Not just my parents, but my extended…
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In all of my books, I really want to work with working-class people. My goal is to show the moments…
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I used to be so angry about the kids that had stuff. Like the kids that had cars, the kids…
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Even though I was a reluctant reader in junior high and high school, I found myself writing poems in the…
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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