"She wasn't the only one to be physically morphed by reader expectation. Miss Havisham was now elderly whether she liked it or not, and Sherlock Holmes wore a deerstalker and smoked a ridiculously large pipe. The problem wasn't just confined to the classics. Harry Potter was seriously pissed off that he'd have to spend the rest of life looking like Daniel Radcliffe."

-- Jasper Fforde

#Elderly Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Missing Quotes

“You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded”
“Are you mine?â€ Yes. â€œAre you mine?â€ Yes. â€œAre you mine?â€ No. â€œNo?â€ No. I loved being yours. But now Iâ€™m mine, which is all I ever was, in the end.”
“Growing up in a violent home is a terrifying and traumatic experience that can affect every aspect of a child's life, growth, and development.”
“I think I live such a boring life. But I can't imagine any other kind of life, so I guess it's the life I want.”
“Nothing would please me more, but who else would pump the oil that we need? God damn America.”
“Because success is such a weasel word anyway, it's such a horribly American word, and it's such a vamp and, I think it's a death trap.”

Source : "A Conversation with Daniel Berrigan". Interview, www.rattle.com. January 30, 1999.
“I think we can win it if my brain holds out.”
“God loves us so much that he crushed his Son so that we might be his and that this love isn't based on our worthiness or performance. His love doesn't fluctuate from day-to-day. It was settled the moment he set it upon you before the foundation of the world.”

Source : Elyse M. Fitzpatrick “Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life”, Crossway

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