Pauline kept a scrapbook into which she pasted important articles that she had cut out of the newspapers. These were about the courageous deeds that had been done by people even if they only had one leg or couldn't see or had been dropped on their heads when they were babies. 'It's to make me brave,' she'd explained to Annika.
Eva IbbotsonSlowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.
Eva IbbotsonIt's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them.
Eva IbbotsonFor an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.
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