“No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama."-Inside Out and Back Again”
“Would be simpler if Englishand lifewere logical”
“Oh, my daughter,at times you have to fight, but preferably not with your fists.”
“I hate being told I can't do something because I'm a girl!”
“This year I hopeI truly learnto fly-kicknot to kick anyoneso much asto fly.”
“People living on others' goodwill cannot afford political opinions.”
“Whoever invented Englishshould have learnedto spell.”