"Is it like a Harry Potter thing?" He turned his head then. "A what?" "A Harry Potter thing," she said again. "You know, don't say Voldemort's name because you might attract his attention?" He considered it. "You mean the children's book." "I have got to get you to watch more movies," she said. "You'd enjoy these. Yes, I mean the children's book."

-- Patricia Briggs

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Mean Quotes

“You have to take everything I say with a grain of salt.”
“This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to.”
“I used to say, "Go boldly in among the English," and then I used to go boldly in myself.”
“But I guess everything in life is a bit disappointing, isn't it?”

Source : John Stephens (2011). “The Emerald Atlas”, p.359, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.”

Source : Arthur Symons (1998). “Cities and Sea-Coasts and Islands”, p.162, Northwestern University Press
“I look on my life as raw material for my novels: that's just the way I am, and it frees me from any inhibitions.”

Source : "Imre Kertész speaks to Himself". www.newyorker.com. May 2, 2013.
“Crazy to think that we're having surgery, we're trying to excise cancer, we don't know where the cancer is. We're trying to preserve nerves; we can't see where they are.”
“If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept.”

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