"He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter."

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Source : Margery Williams, Margery Williams Bianco, William Nicholson (2011). “The Velveteen Rabbit”, p.32, Courier Corporation

Margery Williams

#Real Quotes #Humility Quotes #Nurse Quotes

“Was insanity just a matter of dropping the act?”
“It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.”
“Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.”
“The most precious gift you can give someone is the gift of your time and attention.”
“Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.”
“Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me, When my mind or body grieved that had the power to ease me. Maids are full of longing thoughtsthat breed a bloodless sickness, And that, oft I hear men say, is only cured by quickness.”

Source : 1617 Fourth Book of Airs,'Fain Would I Wed'.
“I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Wouldn't it be dreadful to live in a country where they didn't have tea?”

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