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We All Fall Down
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"We All Fall Down" Quotes

A group of teenagers struggle to cope with the aftermath of a violent home invasion.

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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and know it, and people who never quite get into the first team but don't know it.

Robert Cormier

self-awarenessambition

They were like people who had been sold on the idea of a garden and then when they got one, they couldn't cope with it. They had to keep it locked up, otherwise everyone would see how bad a job they had done with it.

Robert Cormier

pressureexpectations

The world is a big place. The world is a small place. I can't decide which.

Robert Cormier

perspectiveambiguity

You can't make me do anything I don't want to do. You can't make me feel anything I don't want to feel.

Robert Cormier

self-determinationemotions

The world is made up of two kinds of people—those who are victims and those who are victimizers.

Robert Cormier

societyjustice

The world is a place full of secrets. Some are kept, some are revealed, some are forgotten.

Robert Cormier

secretsmystery

The world is full of people who live in a state of unfulfilled longing.

Robert Cormier

desirediscontent

The world is a place where happiness is often just a facade.

Robert Cormier

happinessillusion

The world is a stage and we are all actors, playing our parts to an audience of strangers.

Robert Cormier

performanceidentity

The world is a puzzle, and we're all trying to find the missing pieces.

Robert Cormier

mysterysearch