"Most men, if you just tell them what to do in a businesslike fashion, will follow directions without thinking about it. One proceeds on the assumption that they'll do as they're told, and they do."

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Source : Lynne Reid Banks (1995). “The Secret of the Indian”

Lynne Reid Banks

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“Mothers can forgive anything!”
“There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.”

Source : Delia Ephron (2013). “Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc.)”, p.40, Simon and Schuster
“Without love even the most radical devotion to God is of no value to Him. Let me make sure that sinks inâ€¦ You can gain all the spiritual gifts in the world. You can take the most radical steps of obedience. You can share every meal with the homeless in your city. You can memorize the book of Leviticus. You can pray each morning for four hours like Martin Luther. But if what you do does not flow out of a heart of love - a heart that does those things because it genuinely desires to do them - it is ultimately worthless to God.”
“After winter comes the summer. After night comes the dawn. And after every storm, there comes clear, open skies.”
“It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations that are not in line with democratic rules.”
“It was a good thing that she got herself into this other school. It showed her that there were other worlds beside the world she had been born into and that these other worlds were not unattainable.”
“It's up to the reader to decipher the code, or the words, based on everything they know about life and emotions.”
“A kiss brings back the youth of a young child, as when a hug brings back the memories of a lover.”

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