"Heart is what drives us and determines our fate. That is what I need for my characters in my books: a passionate heart. I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels, who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks."

-- Isabel Allende

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Everyday can be extraordinary And ripe, Like a flower burst, If the will is there.”
“In turn, more physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers are severely limiting their practices, moving to other states, or simply not providing care.”
“I do actually use a boxing trainer when I train for stand-up.”
“Also, we will make promise. So long as The Blood endures, I shall know that your good is mine: ye shall feel that my strength is yours: In the day of Armageddon, at the last great fight of all, That Our House stand together and the pillars do not fall.”
“We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.”
“There is no substitute for hard work when it comes to achieving success.”
“He alone deserves liberty and life who daily must win them anew.”
“Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.”

Source : Carl Hiaasen (2012). “Chomp”, p.215, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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