It’s a powerful thing to rescue something. It changes both of you.

Fifth graders are independent, have a great sense of humor, and are wonderful problem solvers. They are compassionate and care deeply about things.

Maybe it’s kinder not to remember, because you don’t have to grieve.

What I love about art is that anything is possible. Bees can be pink. Trees can be purple. It’s like taking the world as it is and then swirling it around to show how it could be” -Salma.

One thing I know about being in a three-way friendship is that you’d better not let the other two spend too much time without you, or it turns into a two-way friendship, minus you.

Even half a chance beats none.

If you can get people to care about the little things, they’ll care about the big things, too.

As we continued upward, I thought about how adults sometimes complain that kids only think about ourselves, but it’s not true. We care a lot about other people, but most times, we don’t have the power to change things for them.

Good-bye isn’t the worst thing in the world. Sometimes it’s simply time to go.

It’s hard to think of anything being gone forever. Most things that go come back again, even if they’re a little different when they return. But not always, and when something has gone forever, it can hurt so much you start wondering if it would’ve been easier if you’d never had it at all.