"Otis was inspired by a boy who sat across the aisle from me in sixth grade. He was a lively person. My best friend appears in assorted books in various disguises."

-- Beverly Cleary

#Friendship Quotes #Book Quotes #Boys Quotes

“An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.”

Source : "Fictional character: Valentino Garavani". "The Last Emperor", 2008.
“We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed.”
“I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.”
“I want to get under the surface. When I work with a leaf, rock, stick, it is not just that material in itself, it is an opening into the processes of life within and around it. When I leave it, these processes continue.”

Source : "The lie of the land" by Richard Mabey, www.theguardian.com. March 31, 2007.
“I had moved out of the Edison Hotel because I couldn't pay the bill and was living at the Lincoln Hotel, where I couldn't pay the bill either, but it was cheaper.”

Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”
“Well, I don't think characters change. I think they become more revealed. I don't think you really can change a character on a show.”
“Somewhere inside we do know everything about ourselves. There is no real forgetting. Perhaps we know somewhere, too, about all there is to come.”

Source : Jane Gardam (1986). “Crusoe's Daughter”, Atheneum Books
“Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you; I will sustain you and I will rescue you.”

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