Hector Malot

Nobody's Boy" is a human document of child experiences that is fascinating reading for young and old

I had wanted to kiss him and he had pushed me away with his stick.

Her mind had never traveled farther than her eyes.

The music was gay, my fingers were light, but my heart was heavy

"This was a shelter," said Vitalis, looking round the hut as we were going out, "that has made us pay dearly for its hospitality."

One gains very little by being cruel, but one can obtain a lot, if not all, by gentleness.

fear paralyzes the intelligence.

When you see something that you do not understand, do not be afraid to ask me questions.

A blow hurts, but it hurts more to have things like that said, and before a lot of people! You don't know that because no one has ever told you that you are ugly.

I knew later that if you live with wicked people you get to be like them in time.