"Look, when do the really interesting things happen? Not when you've brushed your teeth and put on your pyjamas and are cozy in bed. They happen when you are cold and uncomfortable and hungry and don't have a roof over your head for the night."

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Source : Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.58, Macmillan

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