You must remember, family is often born of blood, but it doesn't depend on blood. Nor is it exclusive of friendship. Family members can be your best friends, you know. And best friends, whether or not they are related to you, can be your family.
May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.
Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.
Oh, here’s a clever one. Do you remember this question from the first test? It reads, ‘What’s wrong with this statement?’ And do you know what Constance wrote in reply? She wrote, ‘What’s wrong with you?
Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?
Children are capable of such open rudeness.
One problem with being a leader, is that even among your friends you are alone, for it is you -- and you alone -- to whom the others look for final guidance.