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The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature’s thoughtful that way.

Barbara Park

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature’s thoughtful that way.
BARBARA PARK

Grief Mean Thoughtful
Even though sometimes you can control your anger, you can’t control your sadness.
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Control Sadness Sometimes
Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
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Bad Good Inhibiting Way
Can’t we be friends?’ I hate your guts, Frankovitch’ Can’t our guts be friends?
BARBARA PARK

Friend Gut Hate
Sometimes I think he’s the kind of friend that grownups call a ‘fair-weather friend.’ That means when everything’s going smoothly, he’s the best friend a guy could want. But as soon as something goes wrong…(he) sort of turns on you.
BARBARA PARK

Mean Thinking Weather
I happen to think that a book is of extraordinary value if it gives the reader nothing more than a smile or two. It’s perfectly okay to take a book, read it, have a good time, giggle and laugh – and turn off the TV. I love that.
BARBARA PARK

Book Thinking Two
I don’t even like clowns. Clowns are not normal people.
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Clown Normal People
I don’t really believe in pretending to be happy when you’re not. Mostly I believe that you should burden your friends with your problems.
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Believe Friends Problem
When you’re in between dreams, you get to lean back and relax and stop trying so hard. Trying to be somebody, I mean. It’s not as exciting as being a television star, but it’s not that bad, either. You just have to learn to be satisfied with the way you are for a while. Not Forever. Just until you’re finished resting.
BARBARA PARK

Dream Mean Stars
Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don’t like Beatrice. I just like B and that’s all.
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Country Emotion Except Just
A stick or a stone only stings for a minute. A name seems to hurt forever.
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Forever Hurt Name
Sometimes grown ups don’t act their right old age
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Age Old Sometimes
I was a good kid, but I was just very chatty. Teachers were rarely entertained, but occasionally a child was, which was enough for me. Everything was so urgent. I needed to say it immediately.
BARBARA PARK

Children Kids Teacher
And sometimes when you’re very mixed-up inside, you do things you know you shouldn’t do.
BARBARA PARK

Inside Knows Mix Sometimes
I find the term perfect child to be an oxymoron.
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Children Oxymoron Perfect
Our nannas are losers.
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Loser Nannnas Our

The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature’s thoughtful that way.

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The upside to grief is it takes away your appetite. When people say you look good they really mean it. Nature’s thoughtful that way.

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