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“Avoid the known paths or else be ready to end up in the known places!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“What is the matter with people?â€� Sam fumed. “I said we needed a hundred kids and we get thirteen? Fifteen, maybe?â€�
“They’re just kids,� Astrid said.
“We’re all just kids. We’re all going to be very hungry kids.�
“They’re used to being told what to do by their parents or teachers. You need to be more direct. As in, Hey, kid, get to work. Now.� She thought for a moment then added, “Or else.�
“Or else what?� Sam asked.
“Or else…I don’t know. We’re not going to let anyone starve. If we can help it. I don’t know the ‘or else.� All I know is you can’t expect kids to just automatically behave the right way. I mean, when I was little my mom would give me a gold star when I was good and take away a privilege when I wasn’t.�
“What am I supposed to do? Tell three hundred kids spread out in seventy or eighty different homes that they can’t watch DVDs? Confiscate iPods?�
“It’s not easy playing daddy to three hundred kids,� Astrid admitted.
“I’m not anyone’s daddy,� Sam practically snarled. Another sleepless night, in a long string of them, had left him in a foul mood. “I’m supposed to be the mayor, not the father.�
“These kids don’t know the difference,â€� Astrid pointed out. “They need parents. So they look to you. And Mother Mary. Me, even, to some extent.”
― Michael Grant, Hunger