"For the best part of my childhood I visited the local library three or four times a week, hunching in the stacks on a foam rubber stool and devouring children's fiction, classics, salacious thrillers, horror and sci-fi, books about cinema and origami and natural history, to the point where my parents encouraged me to read a little less."

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David Nicholls

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“Did you ever know that you're my hero, you're everything I wish I could be. I could fly higher than an eagle with you as the wind beneath my wings.”
“Honeymoon's overtime to get married.”

Source : 1972 Pete'n Tillie.
“The sinless One took on the face of a sinner so that we sinners could take on the face of a saint.”
“I'm always going back to one thing - my family... It's my family, my religion, my fighters. Put them in any order you want.”
“This is what I want you all to do. I want you to open a new document and type up a list of three problems in your life. Not the universe's life - your own. Underneath, type the solutions." "If we know the solutions," said Belle, "they're not problems." "Exactly," said Denny. "You do know the answers to most of your problems. Somewhere deep inside, you know.”

Source : Jaclyn Moriarty (2013). “A Corner of White: The Colors of Madeleine, Book One”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.
“The reason most of the children are having problems in any inner-city neighborhood is because they don't see enough positive role models in their own environment.”
“It's a funny thing, when you talk to God, you're religious, but when he talks to you, you're a psychopath.”
“You may be right in believing that if you study hard, one day you might become fluent in English. But you will still look Chinese, and when people meet you, theyâ€™ll see a Chinese girl no matter how well you speak English. Youâ€™ll always be expected to know Chinese, and if you donâ€™t, Iâ€™m afraid they will not respect you as much.”

Source : Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, p.151, Laurel Leaf

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