79 Quotes by Avi

The truth is I don't watch TV at all. It bores me.

A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you’re abroad, as you have seen, winds have a mind of their own. Be careful, Charlotte, careful of the wind you choose.

Do you ever smile, boy?” he demanded. “If you can’t laugh and smile, life is worthless. Do you hear me?” he yelled. “It’s NOTHING!

The greater a man’s – or boy’s – ignorance of the world, the more certain he is that he sits in the center of that world.

A sailor may choose the wind to ride out of seaport, but the wind has a mind of it’s own.

It’s wonderful how much you can learn by just being quiet and listening. Sometimes you even learn the truth – or what seems to be the truth.

The more men see of the world, the bigger their hearts.

For heaven’s sake, don’t write writing. Write reading!

Spirit photos were sometimes made to remember someone who had died. During the American Civil War, when hundreds of thousands of people died, a vogue for “ghost” or “spirit” pictures of departed loved ones sprang up to comfort the grieving survivors.