"Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive."

-- Helen Dunmore

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“My father said once that if I didn't have my mother's ginger hair, I wouldn't blush or curse as easily. Which I though was unfair. I hardly ever curse or blush, even though I've had plenty of days that required both.”
“Life is going to test you. But no matter how bad it may seem, we can always step up and beat it.”
“Certain people have the eye of the tiger, and I never was myself that kind of person, although I'm not a slacker.”
“Life becomes a habit. You get up, dress, eat, go tae work, clock in etcetera etcetera automatically, and think about nothing but the pay packet on Friday and the booze-up last Saturday. Life's easy when you're a robot.”
“What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited behavior patterns of lizards and baboons: territoriality and aggression and dominance hierarchies. We are each of us largely responsible for what gets put in to our brains. For what as adults we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain we can change ourselves. Think of the possibilities.”
“I saw something even more beautiful than a sense of humor: an appreciation for lifeâ€™s essential absurdity.”
“I may not dress like Satan anymore, but Iâ€™m still down with the Devil and I will go medieval on your ass.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.”

Source : Emma Donoghue (2015). “Room: Picador Classic”, p.25, Pan Macmillan

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