"Nothing stands still, except in our memory."

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Source : Philippa Pearce (2015). “Tom's Midnight Garden”, p.159, Oxford University Press - Children

Philippa Pearce

#Memories Quotes #Our Memories Quotes #Stills Quotes

“The way to be a man if you're a little boy is to be willing to throw your weight around.”
“Without country you have neither name, token, voice, nor rights, no admission as brothers into the fellowship of the Peoples. You are the bastards of Humanity. Soldiers without a banner, Israelites among the nations, you will find neither faith nor protection; none will be sureties for you. Do not beguile yourselves with the hope of emancipation from unjust social conditions if you do not first conquer a Country for yourselves.”
“War is wicked, beause it is murder and hate. And it is foolish, because hate and murder can only destroy people's bodies, not change their minds.”
“Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.”
“I got sober because I was worried I was going to die next year.”
“The mind is everything. If you donâ€™t believe you can do something then you canâ€™t. If you believe that your upbringing was substandard and therefore you have to walk around as a refugee from that crisis situation for the rest of your life, forever bearing the burden of that experience then that will be YOUR life.”
“For some things there are no wrong seasons. Which is what I dream of for me.”
“I don't think any gay dude is gangsta, period.”

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