Joan Bauer (novelist) - Hope Was Here (2000)

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He stood up, put the tree back under the grow light. 'There. That's what's going to happen to us. It's called grafting. Taking something from one place and fixing it to another until they grow together. We didn't start from the same tree, but we're going to grow together like we did.

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When hope gets released in a place, all kinds of things are possible

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Motherhood should be like driving a car — you should have to pass a test before you can do it legally.

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It was probably easier in the old days when the bad guys rode into town wearing black capes or whatever bad guys wore and the milk cows were ownded by honest people. Right off the bat, you'd know who you were dealing with. Now everybody dresses alike.

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When you can carry five full dinner platters on your left arm, you should be able to vote, even if you're not eighteen.

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And we learned that you don't have to be famous or rich or physically healthy to be a leader. You just have to try to be a true person. We learned that helping other people brings out the good in everybody.

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