Oh I'm lookin' for my missin' piece I'm lookin' for my missin' piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go, Lookin' for my missin' piece

Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep, And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my toys will break. So none of the other kids can use 'em.... Amen.

How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live ‘em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give ‘em.

There is a place where the sidewalk ends.

If you're nasty, I won't fight. If you're rough, well that's just you. If you're mean, that's alright too. Whatever you are is all okay. I don't like you anyway.

Talked my head off Worked my tail off Cried my eyes out Walked my feet off Sang my heart out So you see, There's really not much left of me.

I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you..." "You cannot roll with me," said the Big O, "but perhaps you can roll by yourself.

I'd rather play tennis than go to the dentist. I'd rather play soccer than go to the doctor. I'd rather play Hurk than go to work. Hurk? Hurk? What's Hurk? I don't know, but it must be better than work.

I keep meeting all the right people At all the wrong times.

The Voice No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you - just listen to The voice that speaks inside.

Sometimes I get so depressed 'Bout what I haven't done. -NEVER

Since my fried left me,I've got nothing to do but walking.I walk to forget.I walk,I escape,I get further.My friend will not come back,now I am a marathon man.

I can be somebody's and still be my own.

I believe that if you don’t want to do anything, then sit there and don’t do it, but don’t expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you.

...In a world of apples and kisses and shoes He wasted his wishes on wishing.

We can't find the cat, We don't know where she's at, Oh, where did she go? Does anyone know? Let's ask this walking hat.

Ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too never returned to the world they knew and nobody knows what happened to dear ickle me, pickle me, tickle me too

I've discovered a way to stay friends forever - There's really nothing to it. I simply tell you what to do And you do it!

I'm Reginald Clark, I'm afraid of the dark So please do not close this book on me.

When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue and orange with lavender spots?

Never explain what you do. It speaks for itself. You only muddle it by talking about it.

Anything can happen child, anything can be.

William tell, William tell, Take your arrow, grip it well, There’s the apple– – aim for the middle– – Oh well … you just missed by a little.

If I had a brontosaurus, I would name him Horace or Morris. But if suddenly one day he had A lot of little brontosauri- I would change his name to Laurie.

If you are a dreamer, come sit by my fire. For we have some flax-golden tales to spin; come in! Come in!

O Chid learn your ABZ's and memorize them well, and you shall learn to talk and speak and read and write and spel

Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind. Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute. Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

Poetry = Anger x Imagination

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

Poverty doesn’t give you strength or teach you lessons about perseverance. No, poverty only teaches you how to be poor.

The world, even the smallest parts of it, is filled with things you don't know.

We all have to find our own ways to say good-bye.

There are all kinds of addicts, I guess. We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. (107)

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

If you care about something enough, it’s going to make you cry. But you have to use it. Use your tears. Use your pain. Use your fear. Get mad. Arnold, get mad.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

That's right, I am a book kisser.

I was studying the sky like I was an astronomer, except it was daytime and I didn't have a telescope, so I was just an idiot.

I suddenly understood that if every moment of a book should be taken seriously, then every moment of a life should be taken seriously as well.

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.

We're all travelling heavy with illusions.

You have to love somebody that much to also hate them that much, too. (191)

I've learned that the worst thing a parent can do is ignore their children

Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling,' she used to say. 'Why would I want to be in the world if I couldn't touch the world with all of my senses intact?