Christopher Paul Curtis Quotes

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There's one good thing about getting in trouble: It seems like you do it in steps. It seems like you don't just end up in trouble but that you kind of ease yourself into it. It also seems like the worse the trouble is that you get into, the more steps it takes to get there. Sort of like you're getting a bunch of little warnings on the way; sort of like if you really wanted to you could turn around.

Christopher Paul Curtis
There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.

Christopher Paul Curtis
Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

Christopher Paul Curtis
Rules and Things Number 63: Never, Ever Say Something Bad About Someone You Don't Know—Especially When You're Around a Bunch of Strangers. You Never Can Tell Who Might Be Kin to That Person or Who Might Be a Lip-Flapping, Big-Mouth Spy.

Christopher Paul Curtis
A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Christopher Paul Curtis
Having a little pee in your pants had to be better than being dinner for some redneck.

Christopher Paul Curtis
But you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.

Christopher Paul Curtis