"I wish I had had my books when I was a kid, I do"

-- Paula Danziger

#Book Quotes #Kids Quotes #Wish Quotes

“Sanity? Sorry, but I don't remember having such a useless thing in the first place.”
“I never doubted, not ever, that we would succeed.”

Source : "Over the hump".
“When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart.”

Source : William Gibson (2010). “Zero History”, p.183, Penguin
“I could have gone the route of a lot of these former child actors, but I didn't want that for myself. Like I said, when I was 14 years old, I decided to quit. I didn't ever want to do it again.”
“Why do people build houses to keep the climate out, then cut holes in the walls to let it in again? I shall never understand.”

Source : Kyril Bonfiglioli (2004). “Don't Point that Thing at Me”, p.19, The Overlook Press
“I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.”
“Woe to the man who in the first moments of a love-affair does not believe that it will last forever! Woe to him who even in the arms of some mistress who has just yielded to him maintains an awareness of trouble to come and foresees that he may later tear himself away!”

Source : Benjamin Constant (2006). “Adolphe”, p.64, Penguin UK
“I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There's no greater reward.”

Source : "Interview: ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ star Ming-Na Wen talks stunts, The Whedonverse and punctuation". Interview with Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. September 24, 2013.

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