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Holes

Holes
Louis Sachar

Holes is a 1998 young adult novel written by Louis Sachar and first published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The book centers on an unlucky teenage boy named Stanley Yelnats, who is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile corrections facility in a desert in Texas, after being falsely accused of theft. The plot explores the history of the area and how the actions of several characters in the past have affected Stanley's life in the present. These interconnecting stories touch on themes such as racism, homelessness, illiteracy, and arranged marriage.

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“When you spend your whole life living in a hole, the only way you can go is up. (Zero/Hector Zeroni)”

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Variant: Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.
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“I'm not stupid. I know everybody thinks I am. I just don't like answering their questions.”

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“You have only one life, make the most of it.”

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Source: Holes, page 57.
Context: "You don't know that," said Mr. Pendanski. "I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it."

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“You're responsible for yourself. You messed up your life, and it's up to you to fix it. No one else is going to do it for you -- for any of you.”

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“In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.”

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“You make the decision: Whom did God punish?”

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“If only, if only," the woodpecker sighs,
"The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies."
While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely,
Crying to the moo-oo-oon,
"If only, If only.”

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“There is no lake at Camp Green Lake.”

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“If only, if only, the moon speaks no reply;
Reflecting the sun and all that's gone by.
Be strong my weary wolf, turn around boldly.
Fly high, my baby bird,
My angel, my only”

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