Don't treat people as you think they are, treat them as you think they are capable of becoming.
John MarsdenI didn't confess how wrecked I was. Let them keep thinking I was Superwoman if they wanted. I knew the truth.
John MarsdenName three types of olives." "Olives! I wouldn't know one type!" "Well, there are three. You can get green ones, you can get black ones, or you can get stuffed.
John MarsdenPale as ice you passed me by; I wondered what you really felt, And waited through the changing times, To see if you would one day melt. I thought that ice would melt with warmth, But there were thing I did not know: The sun can touch the outer layers But does not reach the deepest snow. Winter sometimes seems like years, Summer's sometimes far away, But winter always turns to summer, As surely as does night to day.
John Marsden