"Why? is the boy's motto, why does, why is, why not? Food, weather, time, fires, sea and season, clothes and cars and people; it's all grist to the mill of why."

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Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.94, LSU Press

Keri Hulme

#Boys Quotes #Sea Quotes #Weather Quotes

“But what parent can tell when some . . . fragmentary gift of knowledge or wisdom will enrich her children's lives? Or how a small seed of information passed from one generation to another may generate a new science, a new industry-a seed which neither the giver nor the receiver can truly evaluate at the time.”
“My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be fully comprehended. In the meantime they're fighting to get something back, and occasionally they prevail in surprising ways.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.”

Source : Jennifer Weiner (2008). “Little Earthquakes”, p.55, Simon and Schuster
“The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.”
“Football is a game about feelings and intelligence.”
“My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.”
“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”

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