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Seven of the best book quotes from Dad
#1
“‘Sailing,’ he liked to joke, ‘is the fine art of getting wet and becoming ill, while going nowhere slowly at great expense.’”
author
Ben Sherwood
book
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
character
Dad
concepts
sailing
art
Being Wet
sickness
moving slow
expensive
#2
“‘Dive for dreams,’ he used to say, quoting the e. e. cummings poem. ‘And live by love.’”
author
Ben Sherwood
person
E. E. Cummings
book
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
characters
Tess Carroll
Dad
concepts
dreams
poems
love
living with love
#3
“I don’t know where you picked up that slacker attitude, but you certainly didn’t learn it at home. Probably from the bad influences up here.”
author
Laurie Halse Anderson
book
Speak
characters
Dad
Melinda Sordino
concepts
indifference
attitude
bad influences
#4
“Deprived of Victim, Mom and Dad holler at each other. I turn up the music to drown out the noise.”
author
Laurie Halse Anderson
person
Parents
book
Speak
characters
Melinda Sordino
Dad
Mom
concepts
fighting
isolation
escape
#5
“He looked exactly like a rat. Like the human being version of a rat […] Who knew what her mom saw in him; Eleanor’s dad was messed-up looking, too.”
author
Rainbow Rowell
book
Eleanor & Park
characters
Eleanor
Richie
Dad
Mom
concepts
stepdad
rat
#6
“‘When you feel homesick,’ he said, ‘just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go.’”
author
Donna Tartt
book
The Goldfinch
character
Dad
concepts
homesick
moon
constant
homesickness
#7
″... she knew that nothing could hurt her while Pa and Jack were there.”
author
Laura Ingalls Wilder
book
Little House on the Prairie
characters
Jack
Pa
Dad
concepts
safety
dogs
protection
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