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. . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kind of best. He kept the knowledge of it buried inside himself like a

. . . Jess believed, that she thought he was the best. It was not the kind of best that counted either at school or at home, but it was a genuine kind of best. He kept the knowledge of it buried inside himself like a pirate treasure. He was rich, very rich, but no one could know about it for now except his fellow outlaw, Julia Edmunds.

Katherine Paterson
Home, School, Pirate
Katherine Paterson (1995). “Bridge to Terabithia”, Hippo Bks

She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there--like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone.

Katherine Paterson
Home, Moon, Self
Katherine Paterson (1995). “Bridge to Terabithia”, Hippo Bks

That was the rule that you never mixed up troubles at home with life at school. When parents were poor or ignorant or mean, or even just didn't believe in having a TV set, it was up to their kids to protect them.

Katherine Paterson
Believe, Home, School
Katherine Paterson (1977). “Bridge to Terabithia”

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