"He could hardly lift his spoon during breakfast, and then he was out on the lake, his spoon soon replaced by a shovel."

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Source : Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.48, Yearling

Louis Sachar

#Lakes Quotes #Spoons Quotes #Breakfast Quotes

“...ambition without pious restraint must end in failure, often involving in its ruin that beautiful reverence which solaces common men for the obscurity and poverty of their lot.”
“Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Life is more than a theory, and love of truth butters no bread: old men who have had to struggle along their way, who know the endless bitterness, the grave moral deterioration which follow an empty exchequer, may well be pardoned for an over-wish to see their sons secured from it; hunger, at least, is a reality...”
“You can't do without philosophy, since everything has its hidden meaning which we must know.”
“I work on a laptop specifically so I can work in cafes and pretend I'm part of the human world.”
“I'd heard that swimming feels so good when you're pregnant, and I love being in the ocean. I was even paddle boarding up until 17 weeks, but then my center of gravity and balance were completely off.”
“Ed Sullivan brought me to TV first in 1952, then Garry Moore's program gave me a lot of confidence and freedom.”
“Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate.”

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