QUOTES FROM "THE SIMPLE GIFT" by Ciaran Meci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift Contribute one or two quotes you found under the appropriate theme heading. You'll be able to come back to this page and copy down any quotes you didn't have for your theme! en-us 2022-05-04 00:56:06 UTC 2022-05-10 01:06:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png "im not proud im sixteen and soon to be homeless." https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410307 2022-05-06 04:40:59 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410307 "a usesless 🤬" https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410377 2022-05-06 04:41:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410377 "I am poor, but I am not stupid" https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410607 He said he is not stupid but he failed all of his classes except English. if you can only pass 1 subject you are probably stupid]]> 2022-05-06 04:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410607 "I don’t care, better a 🤬 than a school kid" https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410840 2022-05-06 04:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172410840 'Old Bill and me are friends. Sometimes he comes into my carriage and we share a beer. He asks me questions about my day and about the books I read'. - P104 https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172411352 Sometimes it's nice to just talk with your friends! :) ]]> 2022-05-06 04:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172411352 "I smiled to myself. Homeless, and proud of it" https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172411386 2022-05-06 04:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172411386 '' i love billy and i'm sure of him. i want my parents to know" p-190 https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172412835 2022-05-06 04:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172412835 "I wanted to spend the money quickly so I could go back to nothing, go back to being rich and penniless again." (p. 81) jennylouisewood https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413052 2022-05-06 04:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413052 https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413883 ''i love billy with all my heart and i wish my parentys would like him'']]> 2022-05-06 04:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413883 'Too busy for breakfast, too busy for sitting down with people I loved.' - P109 https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413951 2022-05-06 04:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172413951 “We kiss, and he takes my hand/ and leads me down Wellington Road,/(…) into the driveway/ of a beautiful white timber house/ with an old shed” (P.77)“Ready for my other life, / the life I’d forgotten about/ for a few hours last night/ and this morning.” (P.128) msmusumeci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172414950 2022-05-06 04:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172414950 “It’s too good a book not to finish.” (P.25) msmusumeci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415165 2022-05-06 04:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415165 “And I’m not a spoilt brat OK, /but I am spoilt/ spoilt to boredom.” (P.88) msmusumeci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415421 2022-05-06 04:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415421 “yes, I will invite Billy over/ and yes I will enjoy myself/ in this house, /this big ugly five-bedroom/ million dollar brick box.” (P.108) msmusumeci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415573 2022-05-06 04:51:21 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415573 “So they can charge people like my dad/ $10,000 a year/ (…) and that’s why I work at McDonald’s/ and mop floors.” (P.37) msmusumeci https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415808 2022-05-06 04:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/msmusumeci/SimpleGift/wish/2172415808