"So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!"

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Source : Brian Jacques (2005). “Lord Brocktree: A Tale from Redwall”, p.9, Penguin

Brian Jacques

#Night Quotes #Wind Quotes #Long Quotes

“In so far as I have any beliefs, I suppose I'm like that old Peggy Lee song, 'Is That All There Is?' I want to believe there's something else going on, but what that something else is I don't pretend to know.”
“Even if we can't be happy, we must always be cheerful.”
“My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.”
“The French have never produced a great philosopher. Great wine maybe, but no great philosophers.”
“While I can hire out the portrait, I don't, because it's just - that's where I shine. You know, that's my blood sport.”
“You are creative. Your creativity may be in a deep sleep, but it is there. All you have to do is wake it up and put it to use.”
“We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.550, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“The goal changes from the general to the individual from need to wish, from ethics to aesthetics.”

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