"Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too."

-- Margaret Mahy

#Children Quotes #Writing Quotes #Events Quotes

“To be a head boy, you have to be very clever, you have to be a scholar, and I was never a scholar in any shape or form.”
“The fake Zionist regime will disappear from the landscape of geography.”
“Kindness eases change Love quiets fear”

Source : Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Talents”, p.55, Open Road Media
“There is nothing more touching to me then a family picture where everyone is trying to look his or her best, but you can see what a mess they all really are.”
“Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed.”

Source : Jean Vanier (2008). “Becoming Human”, p.26, Paulist Press
“Obstacles are there to get around, climb over or scramble through.”
“I'm gonna be blunt and plain, if one ever looks at me like that I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died.”
“Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it, he doesn't have time. He does his work and sweats it out in silence, and no one can help him at all.”

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