Una papa Tatuada

Frases tomadas del libro "The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues" de Ellen Raskin.

"Of course, a little self-doubt is a good thing if you want to become an artist, a good artist. Makes you work harder. Work and study, experimentation, devotion -that's what you need to develop a style of your own. You can learn techniques, but no one can teach you style."

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"Has your heart ever felt like a singing bird?" Dickory asked George [...]

"My heart once felt like a singing bird, Dickory," he confessed. "It happened a few years ago, back home. I found this bird with a broken wing, a beautiful spotted bird, a thrush. I took it home with me and..."

"George, I don't think that 'my heart is like a singing bird' has anything to do with birds," Dickory said impatiently.

"I know; it just happened that way." [...]

"I've got to get going", Dickory said abruptly. George looked hurt. [...] He remained on the bench as Dickory rose to leave.

"One more thing George. Did your heart really feel like a singing bird that time you caught the thrush?"

George brightened. "Not when I found the thrush, Dickory. When its wing healed. When I watched it fly away. After I nursed it back to health and it flew away free, that's when my heart was like a singing bird."

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