"Bibliotropic," Hugh said. "Like sunflowers are heliotropic, they naturally turn towards the sun. We naturally turn towards the bookshop."

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Source : Jo Walton (2011). “Among Others”, p.154, Macmillan

Jo Walton

#Sunflower Quotes #Said Quotes #Turns Quotes

“Well, over the years, I've developed a stable of songs of which I'm known for and never get tired of singing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.”
“If we are the younger, we may envy the older. If we are the older, we may feel that the younger is always being indulged. In otherwords, no matter what position we hold in family order of birth, we can prove beyond a doubt that we're being gypped.”
“The movies have been so rank the last couple of years that when I see people lining up to buy tickets I sometimes think that the movies aren't drawing an audience - they're inheriting an audience. People just want to go to a movie. They're stung repeatedly, yet their desire for a good movie - for any movie - is so strong that all over the country they keep lining up.”
“I bike all the time in New York City. I bike for hours. I can bike for eight hours a day and just go everywhere with bikes.”
“You have to be quite heavily invested in someone to do them the honour of telling them you're annoyed with them.”
“It was a quiet way - He asked if I was his - I made no answer of the tongue But answer of the eyes - And then He bore me on Before this mortal noise With swiftness, as of Chariots and distance, as of Wheels. This World did drop away As acres from the feet of one that leaneth from Balloon Upon an Ether Street. The Gulf behind was not, The Continents were new - Eternity was due. No Seasons were to us - It was not Night nor Morn - But Sunrise stopped upon the place And Fastened in Dawn.”
“Summer softens lines that winter cruelly shows.”

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