"So the shortest day came, and the year died, / And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world / Came people singing, dancing, / To drive the dark away ..."

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Source : Susan Cooper (2011). “The Magic Maker: A Portrait of John Langstaff, Creator of the Christmas Revels”, p.182, Candlewick Press

Susan Cooper

#Dark Quotes #Years Quotes #White Quotes

“When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.”
“A painting without something disturbing in it â€“ what's that?.”
“When the imagination sleeps, words are emptied of their meaning: a deaf population absent-mindedly registers the condemnation of a man. ... there is no other solution but to speak out and show the obscenity hidden under the verbal cloak.”
“When one historical period is replaced by another, there is always a group of people left over from the old society”
“There it is, fog, atmospheric moisture still uncertain in destination, not quite weather and not altogether mood, yet partaking of both.”
“You only hit a straight ball by accident. The ball is going to move right or left every time you hit it, so you had better make it go one way or the other.”
“It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.”
“When you're a young actor you like to go for characters with a bit of flair, so in many films I ended up playing the weirdos. I can assure you I'm not a psycho or a criminal or a bully.”

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