"War makes monsters out of men."

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Patrick Ness

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“I've always really loved big worlds and the kind of worldbuilding where you can open a portal into a new realm that feels full and complete. At the same time, I also really love history. So the combination of big worlds and history draws me directly into fantasy. Well, it should turn me towards historical fiction but I'm such a perfectionist about research that I'm not sure I could ever write a book in that genre properly. In fantasy, you have to have the same level of precision, but it's not as research-based. Plus, I get to write my little info sheets and draw my maps.”
“As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what people are thinking about you at the time because they're not caring about you, they're caring about the character.”

Source : "Freddie Highmore Talks ‘Toast,’ Working With Helena Bonham Carter And Growing Up". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 15, 2012.
“God always works with workers and moves with movers, but He does not sit with sitters.”
“Learning how to think" really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to chooseÂ how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot or will not exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.”
“I do not know who I am, where I am going - and I am the one who has to decide the answers to these hideous questions.”
“Some people take fashion very seriously....but thatâ€™s not right... Fashion should be fun!”
“Even before winning its majority, Harper's Republican-styl e Conservative party - well to the right Canada's traditional Progressive Conservative Party - managed to win minority governments with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote.”
“I get by on wishful thinking that when you come home you'll want to stay.”

Source : Song: Wishful Thinking, Album: Tuesday's Child, 1999

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