Useful Expressions_ Summer to Die(Lois Lowry)

• Better to know what your enemy is before you front him.

• Something like that doesn't diminish with age.

• I lost my enthusiasm for a lot of things when Margaret...

• What could I possibly do in return?

• We will set up a regular schedule for lessons.

• Age is meaningless commodity in most instances.

• Genius disregards the boundaries of propriety.

• Genius is permitted to shout if shouting is productive.

• She didn't like being reminded of her problems.

• The middle button was pulled sideways by her stomach, and it was going to pop off very soon.

• The sun had gotten lower in the sky, and as it came through the windows it fell on Maria.

• Molly lagged behind Will and me.

• I just have to learn to adjust to what they change to.

• I stirred the last soggy rice krispies in the bottom of my bowl.

• My father winced.

• They might as well be prepared.

• The other photograph was of her bent head, with what was left of her curly hair falling down over her face.

• I talked her into letting me help Ben with the rest of the laundry.

• Sometimes things don't work out the way you want them to.

• It's nice just to have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself.

• We all say things we're sorry for.

• How can I learn if I don't take risks?

• He hadn't gotten any better since the last time we did it.

• His life is ending at the very moments of its beginning.

• Your dreams come out of what is real.

• It takes all the courage I have to deal with those.

• It's easier for the little things, to be able to laugh at them. It makes life seem pretty simple, and a lot of fun.