The Pigman
Paul Zindel
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Our life would be what we made of it--nothing more, nothing less.”
“She thinks she knows everything that goes on inside me, and she doesn’t know a thing. What did she want from me – to tell the truth all the time? To run around saying it did matter to me that I live in a world where you can grow old and be alone and have to get down on your hands and knees and beg for friends? A place where people just sort of forget about you because you get a little old and your mind’s a bit senile or silly? Did she think that didn’t bother me underneath?”
“There was no one else to blame anymore. No Bores or Old Ladies or Nortons, or Assassins waiting at the bridge. And there was no place to hide-no place across any river for a boatman to take us. Our life would be what we made of it-nothing more, nothing less. Baboons. Baboons. They build their own cages, we could almost hear the Pigman whisper, as he took his children with him.”
“Watch the little things in life, the ones you have control over. Keep your eyes glued to the peas and every speck of dust on the floor.”
“I really hate it when a teacher has to show that she isn't behind the times by using some expression which sounds so up-to-date you know for sure she's behind the times.”
“Be yourself! Be individualistic!' he called out after me. 'But for God's sake get your hair cut. You look like an oddball.”
“It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.”
“For Sale: Complete set of encylopedias. Never used. Wife knows everything.”
“They ought to bury people in hospitals and let sick people get well in the cemeteries.”
“The one big difference between John and me, besides the fact that he’s a boy and I’m a girl, is I have compassion.”
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