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Harris and Me
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"Harris and Me" Quotes

A boy spends a summer on a farm with his wild cousin Harris, and they navigate adventures and misadventures together.

Quotes

The best thing about being a kid is that they don't know any better.

Gary Paulsen

youthinnocence

The nice thing about a farm is that you don't have to wonder what trouble to get into. It's all around you.

Gary Paulsen

farm lifetrouble

It's not that I don't like school, I just don't like being there.

Gary Paulsen

schoolreluctance

There are better places to sleep than in a manure pile, but there are worse, too.

Gary Paulsen

sleepfarm life

When you're a kid, you don't think about time in the same way as grown-ups do. You just live and play and eat and sleep and the time goes by.

Gary Paulsen

youthtime perception

There's a fine line between being a daredevil and being an idiot, and we walked it all the time.

Gary Paulsen

risk-takingfoolhardiness

The thing about a good farm is that it's a mix of chaos and order, and you never know which you're going to get.

Gary Paulsen

farm lifebalance

Farms are great places for hiding secrets, because there's so much going on that no one notices anything else.

Gary Paulsen

secretsfarm life

The best thing about a dog is that they never talk back, but they always have something to say.

Gary Paulsen

dogsloyalty

The thing about cows is that they don't care what you say, as long as you say it to them.

Gary Paulsen

cowscommunication