Why is it”—she shivered as he kissed the top of her spine, went lower—“that I always end up naked while you remain dressed?”
A husky masculine chuckle, his lips moving over her shoulder, his hands on her hips. “Because I'm a smart man.
I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a very very bright girl. Truly you are. You can be anything you want Laila. I know this about you. And I also know that when this war is over Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men maybe even more. Because a society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated Laila. No chance.
Khaled HosseiniTag: education war marriage smart country afghanistan bright young-women
Giving up is always an option, but not always a failure.
Cameron ConawayTag: smart give-up failing quit
The only freedom you truly have is in your mind, so use it.
M.T. DismukeTag: thinking freedom mind quote smart creating duh
Love the people who love you back.
Laura RubyYou looked a little bit smarter when your stupidity lessened a lot.
Toba BetaNobody is smarter than you are. And what if they are? What good is their understanding doing you?
Terence McKennaTag: knowledge understanding smart
Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?
Sarah DessenTag: life boys life-lessons sports smart pretty sarah-dessen along-for-the-ride riding bikes girly debutante either-or auden-west capable-of-more maggie-neely pageants
The cactus thrives in the desert while the fern thrives in the wetland.
The fool will try to plant them in the same flowerbox.
The florist will sigh and add a wall divider and proper soil to both sides.
The grandparent will move the flowerbox halfway out of the sun.
The child will turn it around properly so that the fern is in the shade, and not the cactus.
The moral of the story?
Kids are smart.
Tag: plant children sun water child smart fool desert clever kids plants flower grandparents moral adult kid dry grandparent wet sunlight shade grownups thriving watering cactus fern florist flowerbox thrive wetland
Well, this is basically the end, so the answers should be in these next few pages. I doubt they will surprise you, but you never know. I don't know how smart or thick you are. You could be Albert Einstein for all I know, or some literary prizewinner, or maybe you're just middle of the road like me.
Markus ZusakTag: answers smart surprise end albert-einstein pages know middle-of-the-road
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