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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
As for asking Tam Lin, Matt didn't know how to bring up the subject. By the way, is anyone planning to cut me up into T-bone steaks? Even more terrifying was the bodyguard's possible answer: You hit the nail on the head there, laddie. I always said you were bright as a button.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
Scar tissue had formed a knot on the bottom of his foot. He inspected the writing frequently-PROPERTY OF THE ALACRÁN ESTATE-but the scar had sliced through the tiny lettering. It was more difficult to make out the words.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
When you're small, you can choose which way to grow. If you're kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. The idea that if you were mean, you might stay mean forever had never occurred to him.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
Matt discovered that no matter how terrified he'd been at first, it wasn't possible to stay terrified. It was as though his brain said, Okay. That's enough. Let's find something else to do.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
I decided to forgive you after reading The Little Flowers of Saint Francis," María began. "You remember the wolf I talked about? Well, he was a monster who terrorized everybody until Saint Francis gave him a talking-to. He was sweet as a lamb and never ate anything but vegetables after that." "I didn't know wolves could digest vegetables," said Matt, who had studied biology. "That's not the point.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
When u are small, u can choose which way to grow. If you are kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. And if you are like El Patron . . . Just think about it." – Tam Lin
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
Tom is a filthy little pustule. If you quote me, I'll deny it!
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
You don't have a soul, so you can't be baptized. All animals are like that. I think it's unfair and sometimes I don't believe it. After all, what would heaven be without birds or dogs or horses? And what about trees and flowers? They don't have souls either. Does that mean heaven looks like a cement parking lot? I suppose this is what the nuns call a theological problem.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes," Matt said after he'd calmed enough to trust his voice. "He says they consent to die because they're animals and can't understand hope. Hit humans are different.. They fight against death no matter how bad things seem, and sometimes, even when everything's against them, they win." "Yeah. About once in a million years," said Chacho. "Twice in a million," said Matt. "There's who of us." "You are one dumb bunny," said Chacho, but he stopped crying.
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings."
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Nancy Farmer _ The House of the Scorpion
Most of all, it was the wild music that impressed Matt. It did the same thing that playing the piano had done when he was frightened and lonely. It took him into another world where only beauty existed and where he was sage from hatred and disappointment and death.
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