“There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset.”

“Often he rose early in the morning, before anyone else, and poured himself liquid through the sunrise streets, and everything seemed beautiful, everything in its proper orbit, nothing impossible, the entire world attainable.”

“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.”

“Mr. Sinclair once asked the class to make a list of the ten most beautiful words in the English language, and the only word that really seemed beautiful to me was tenderness.”

“Go get your bus, square boy.”

“Eric Poole began with cats. Or, to be more exact, kittens.”

“Don't miss the bus, boy. You're missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.”