It's alarming how quickly people adjust to adventures when they are in one. You really have to work at being astonished by life.
Ellen PotterMemory, in my opinion, is a complete noodle. It hangs on the silliest things but forgets the stuff that really matters.
Ellen PotterLook, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night.
Ellen PotterThey [the Hardscrabbles]never enjoyed it when adults playfully lied to them. The adults always think they're being amusing and imaginative, just like children. But kids never lie playfully. They lie as if their lives depended on it.
Ellen Potter