"Not all meanings are meant to be clear at once. Some ideas take time. Some words are designed to lead us on inner journeys, with truth hidden deep inside them."

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Source : Brian Froud, Jessica Macbeth (2000). “Faeries' Oracle”, p.65, Simon and Schuster

Brian Froud

#Journey Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Take Time Quotes

“It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.”
“Stupidity is always a capital crime.”
“My idea of everything going smoothly on an airplane is (a) that I not die in a slow-motion fiery crash or get stabbed to death by terrorists and (b) that none of the other passengers try to talk to me. All conversation should end at the moment the wheels leave the ground.”
“Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.”
“Treat every person you interact with, with the same sort of attention and respect which you hope they will give to you.”

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“The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify.”

Source : "A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great" by J. B. Bury, 2nd edition, (p. 683), 1913.
“I look at the books on my library shelves. They certainly seem dormant. But what if the characters are quietly rearranging themselves? What if Emma Woodhouse doesn't learn from her mistakes? What if Tom Jones descends into a sodden life of poaching and outlawry? What if Eve resists Satan, remembering God's injunction and Adam's loving advice? I imagine all the characters bustling to get back into their places as they feel me taking the book down from the shelf. Hurry, they say, he'll expect to find us exactly where he left us, never mind how much his life has changed in the meantime.”
“Scoring 100 points is a lot, but I maybe could have scored 140 if they had played straight-up basketball.”

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