Carol Plum-Ucci Quotes

• You're supposed to be kind to everyone, because you never know when you're meeting an angel.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Angel, Be Kind, Meetings

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You can never see a plant grow, but they do.

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  Plant, Grows

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• Nobody stopped believing that other people were more guilty than they were. Why do people have so much trouble seeing their own faults but such an easy time seeing everyone else's?

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  Believe, People, Faults

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.177, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Don't you give me that postmodern bullshit. There is truth, There is a truth. And what you want, or you feel, or you need, isn't going to change the truth. Any more than it's going to topple a skyscraper. There's truth, and there's belief. Don't call a mule a stallion.

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  Giving, Bullshit, Needs

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• It's fine to be insane as long as you keep it to yourself.

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  Long, Insane, Fine

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2011). “Following Christopher Creed”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• People will do and think whatever it is they have to in order to survive.

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  Pensamiento, Orden, Gente

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.197, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Dice que no es frecuente encontrar ángeles en lugares como los hogares felices y las fiestas en el patio trasero de los ricos. Dice que los ángeles acuden en masa a lugares como hospitales y albergues y cárceles, porque esas personas se dan cuenta de que necesitan ayuda. Y son capaces de creer en fenómenos extraños. Es curioso cómo el mundo está al revés. La gente realmente cómoda no siempre ve mucho sobrenatural, y para los que tienen que luchar, es como respirar en sus caras. Los primeros son los últimos... y los últimos son los primeros.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Party, Believe, Struggle

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• Las cosas no tienen por qué ser sanas cuando son normales.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Normal, Sane

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You gotta pay your dues to sing the blues.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Pay, Dues

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• People love to see you get ahead — so long as you don't get farther ahead than they are.

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  Long, People, Get Ahead

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Night My Sister Went Missing”, p.38, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If people knew who the angels were, they would be very nice when they saw one and would still do their same evil garbage when they thought none were around. Knowing who they are defeats the purpose.

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  Nice, Angel, Knowing

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.178, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Don't tell people you care about them when all you really care about is getting your own way.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  People, Care, Way

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.233, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• People can love their lies, tell their lies, believe their own lies until hell pays a visit.

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  Mentir, Creer, Gente

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• People only see as far as they are able and the rest of the truth is lost on them.

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  People, Able, Truth Is

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.216, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You're in my personal space, so get out of it.

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  Space, Personal Space

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Body of Christopher Creed”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If a life goes down the toilet, it comes out in a river and meets the sea.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Sea, Rivers, Toilets

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• I only wish to be gone. Therefore, I AM.

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  Wish, Gone

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.316, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Everyone who doesn't want to believe in supernormal powers says the people who experience them are psycho. What the hell kind of a world is this if all magic moments are psychotic?

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Believe, Magic Moments, People

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2011). “Following Christopher Creed”, p.379, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• El único problema que tengo con el grupo de apoyo al que pertenezco en el campus es que la gente parece pasar tanto tiempo hablando de sus pasados malogrados como de sus futuros prometedores. Es como si la gente se sintiera atraída por mirar atrás. No pueden seguir adelante hasta que todo tenga sentido. Humildemente: nunca lo tiene.

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  Moving, Past, Talking

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2011). “Following Christopher Creed”, p.199, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that it's hard to tell them apart.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Looks, Terror, Complete Happiness

  "What happened to Lani Garver". Book by Carol Plum-Ucci, 2002.

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• There are times in life to grow, and there are times in life to shine. One can't grow and shine at the same time; it just doesn't work that way. Now you're growing. Tomorrow you'll shine.

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  Shining, Growing, Way

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If you can understand human behavior, it can’t hurt you nearly as much.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Hurt, Behavior, Humans

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.47, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Life is all we have, and if we can't look at it honestly, are we really living?

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Looks, Life Is, Really Living

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2005). “The She”, p.102, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to.

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  Believe, Knows

  Carol Plum-Ucci (2008). “The Night My Sister Went Missing”, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Sometimes it has to feel worse before it feels better.

  Carol Plum-Ucci

  Feel Better, Sometimes, Feels

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