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“And by the time he met Big Mike, he had a new unofficial title: Life Guidance Counselor to whatever black athlete stumbled into the Briarcrest Christian School. The black kids reminded him, in a funny way, of himself. Sean knew what it meant to be the poor kid in a private school, because he’d been one himself.”

“Titles don’t bring fulfillment. Keeping up with your neighbors doesn’t bring happiness.”

“For a long time, Henry Bemis had had an ambition. to read a book. Not just the title or the preface, or a page somewhere in the middle. He wanted to read the whole thing, all the way through from beginning to end. A simple ambition perhaps, but in the cluttered life of Henry Bemis, an impossibility.”

“Look at those dogs go. Go, dogs. Go!”

“Hi! I’m the bus driver. Listen, I’ve got to leave for a little while, so can you watch things for me until I get back? Thanks. On, and remember: Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

″ ‘Get up!’ It is day. Time to get going. Go, dogs. Go!”

“They left the house at half past nine in two straight lines in rain or shine- the smallest one was Madeline.”

“Elizabeth decided to chase the dragon and get Ronald back. She looked everywhere for something to wear, but the only thing she could find that was not burnt was a paper bag. So she put on the paper bag and followed the dragon.”

“This ‘Monkey King’ it speaks of no longer exists, for I have mastered twelve major disciplines of kung-fu and transcended my former title! I shall now be called—The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven!”

“The possession of a title does not an aristocrat make.”

“Cap suits me in a way my title never has. I’m far more pirate than prince, anyway.”

“I hope I may always have the title of a friend.”

“I see; to your domestics you are ‘my lord,’ the journalists style you ‘monsieur,’ while your constituents call you ‘citizen.’ These are distinctions very suitable under a constitutional government. I understand perfectly.”

Danglars kept up the title of prince. The popular banker found that it answered better than count.

I have acquired the bad habit of calling persons by their titles from living in a country where barons are still barons by right of birth.