I would have used a baseball for this picture but I didn't have one so instead I used a tennis ball. They seem pretty similar to me.
I am back today with my 5th post on this blog! Before I start I want to say so sorry that I have not been posting on here that often. I have just been preoccupied with summer reading and
my other blog (with you can find
here). But I am now posting. So I had such an awesome time doing my 2 other quote based posts (you can find then
here and
here) I have decided to do another one! I am showing you guys 16 amazing quote from All the Broken Pieces. This is an amazing novel that is written in verse with makes it even cooler and more quotable. This is set after the Vietnam war and it is about Matt who is from Vietnam and was born during the war. But his mother gave him to some american soldiers and now he lives in america with an adoptive family. I highly recommend you read it as well. So lets get started!
*note all of these images I made
"There is darkness on the water. There is darkness on the land. There is darkness all around us, but I will hold your hand."
This is just so sweet! It is a melody that the mother sings.
"My Vietnam is just a pocketful of broken pieces I carry inside me."
The main character of this book Matt says this.
"Freedom is the color of bright red sneakers."
That is so what freedom is! This is what Matt answers when he is asked to say what freedom is. He says that freedom is bright red sneakers because of his little brother (who he is not related to) who always wears bright red sneakers.
"Jeff's fingers are bigger then mine but they know how to touch each key one at a time."
I think Matt is jealous of Jeff. Jeff is Matt's piano teacher.
"It's hard to worry about stuff when my father sings."
That is so loving!
"It's hard to play slow and full of sorrow when you've pitched a perfect game."
It really is (not that I have had that experience before but I can guess).
"How can I focus on pitching when I am riding in Jeff's silver Corvette?"
I don't know! Don't ask me!
"They don't look like soldiers. They just look like beat up men."
Maybe soldiers are beat up men. Ever think of that?? Huhh (no offense to soldiers or anything)?
"The war changed all of us Matt. Whether we went or whether we stayed the war changed us all."
Wars can do that sometimes.
"Maybe the Americans should have brought baseballs instead of bombs."
I agree! Baseballs are better!
"Hearing Jeff talk about me is a little like floating underwater; I can hear him, his voice is clear, but distant to."
That happens to me a lot!
"It's hard to come home but it's harder to go back."
I don't know. I like it.
"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it right now, he says. But someday I hope you will."
OK so parent life lesson. When you want your kid to talk about something that they don't want to talk about say this instead of like "It's OK we've all gone through it" or "You can tell me anything". Those thing make kids more uncomfortable (most of the time). OK parent lesson over.
"The heart always has room for more love."
This is so true and you guys always have to remember it.
"Sometimes the words people don't say are as powerful as the ones they do say. "
Yes this is so true!
"Words are messy, but sometimes, words are all you've got to show what matters most."
This might just be one of the best book quotes in like the whole word.
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So hi. What's up? Did you like my post hopefully? Maybe? Yes? OK awesome. Make sure to also check out my other blog
here and enter the contest that I have going on which you can find
here. You can find my latest posts on this blog
here and
here.
Should I do more posts with quotes from books, movies, and people? Have you read All the Broken Pieces? Isn't it awesome? Do you like the book? Which quote is your favroite?
