Sometimes Silence Is A Habit That Hurts?

It Often Takes More Courage To Be A Passenger Than A Driver.

Kids Want Acceptance From Their Peers, But In Two Different, Opposing Ways: They Want To Be Like Everyone Else And They Want To Be Different From Everyone Else. So The Question Is: How Do You Reconcile These Opposing Longings?

But Happiness Is Not Always Loud And Bright And Crowded. Happiness Ripens Like A Watermelon, Sweet And Rosy On The Inside With Only A Thin Top Layer Altogether Free Of Small Black Pits. And, Like A Watermelon, The Whole Thing Can Be Covered With A Plain Dark Rind.

Can You Know Excellence If You've Never Seen It? Can You Know Good If You Have Seen Only Bad?

They Called Themselves The Souls. They Told Ms. Olinski That They Were The Souls Before They Were A Team, But She Told Them That They Were A Team As Soon As They Became The Souls. Then After A While, Teacher And Team Agreed That They Were Arguing Chicken-or-egg. Whichever Way It Began--chicken-or-egg, Team-or-the Souls--it Definitely Ended With An Egg. Definitely, An Egg.