Username: I couldn't think of one, and then suddenly that phrase came into my head. I like it because I enjoy everything to do with language and words, and it's also something my mom used to tell me when I was little, to encourage negotiation rather than anger.
Avatar: A book by one of my favorite authors, Madeleine L'Engle. I like this cover of it, just because it's so pretty (even though it's not the original, which has special significance to me because it was designed by Ellen Raskin, another Newbery Award-winning author).
Signature: A quote from a Wayside School book by Louis Sachar (I think it's Wayside School is Falling Down). One of the characters, Calvin, is allowed to get a tattoo for his birthday. After much deliberation he chooses to get a potato. The rest of the kids in his class think this is stupid. I just think the quote is funny. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind..."