I wanted to go to Sesame Street! I remember distinctly running through my neighborhood, thinking I knew how to get to Sesame Street, and then finally finding myself among some scrub trees and realizing I don't know where to go from here. I had to just mope back home.

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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.

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good-friend family best-friend

May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.

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teamwork home travel

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.

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finals leader looks

Remember, children. For every exit, there is also an entrance. ~ Milligan, The Mysterious Benedict Society

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mysterious exit children

Poor Kate,"said Constance,"she's lost her marbles.

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poor said lost

Is this what family is like: the feeling that everyone’s connected, that with one piece missing, the whole thing’s broken?

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family broken missing

Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as...as..." "Dead mice?" Reynie suggested. "Perfect," said Kate with an approving nod. "As quiet as dead mice.

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perfect quiet needs

Listen, just do what you think is right, and we'll support it." ~ Sticky Washington, The Prisoner's Dilemma

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prisoner support thinking

I've only just arrived, Kate. It may surprise you to learn that you were my top priority.

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priorities surprise may

I'm an orphan!" Constance cried gleefully. "I'm an orphan!" ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma

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dilemma orphan prisoner

If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer even if you haven't published anything.

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hard-work stories writing

Daddy, will you take me to the mill, again?

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mills take-me daddy

In the candle's flickering light, the library's thousands of books emerged from the shadows, and for a moment Nicholas could not help admiring them again. During free time he had almost never looked up from the pages he was reading, but now he saw the books anew, from without rather than from within, and was reminded of how beautiful they were simply as objects. The geometrical wonder of them all, each book on its own and all the books together, row upon row, the infinite patterns and possibilities they presented. They were truly lovely.

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beautiful love book

I think when I started to write The Mysterious Benedict Society that I had that kind of thing in mind - the notion of having to be able to solve puzzles and riddles because enormous stakes rode upon your ability to do that.

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mind writing thinking

I was always interested in the possibility maybe of finding my way into a big adventure.

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possibility adventure way

Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!

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impress curtains doors

... Speaking of which, the boys weren't actually touching the breifcases in the trunk, I hope?" Wondering how Milligan knew, Kate stuck her head out the office door and gave Reynie and Sticky a warning look. They nodded and tried to close the trunk as quietly as possible. "They aren't now anyway." "Good," Milligan said, picking up his duffel bag. "I'd hate to have to speak sternly to them again. It embarasses me to be so ineffective.

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hate doors boys

Something about this made Reynie uneasy. Had he done so badly? Was this meant to test his courage? He did as he was told, closing his eyes and bracing himself as best he could. "Why are you flinching?" the pencil woman asked. "I don't know. I thought maybe you were going to slap me." "Don't be ridiculous. I could slap you perfectly well with your eyes open. I'm only going to blindfold you.

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tests eye done

In other words, you are our last possible hope. You are our only hope.

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lasts

Kate seemed to have doubled in size. She had drawn back her broad shoulders and set her jaw, and something in the stance called to mind the contained ferocity of a lioness. But it was the fierceness in Kate's bright blue eyes that had the most striking effect. The sort of look that made you thankful she wasn't your enemy. "It's not going to be over," Kate said firmly "Until we say so.

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