"Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,â€ I say, taking another step forward. â€œYou never were a poet, were you, Todd?â€ he says."

-- Patrick Ness

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“We each deal with childhood in different ways. That brothers and sisters can take the same lump of clay that is childhood and use it to shape themselves into unique human beings is a miracle in itself. Despite individual struggles, triumphs, joys and disappointments, someone is made of the same stuff and has been at your side, whether figuratively or literally, from the beginning. Use our brother and sister quote collection to explore this truth and gain compassionate understanding for yourself and your siblings.”
“I'm finally looking older and inviting my wrinkles.”
“Have you got any soul?" a woman asks the next afternoon. That depends, I feel like saying; some days yes, some days no. A few days ago I was right out; now I've got loads, too much, more than I can handle. I wish I could spread it a bit more evenly, I want to tell her, get a better balance, but I can't seem to get it sorted. I can see she wouldn't be interested in my internal stock control problems though, so I simply point to where I keep the soul I have, right by the exit, just next to the blues.”
“The blues is life itself.”
“I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.”
“I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.”
“The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people's reality, and eventually in one's own.”

Source : New York Review of Books 18 Apr. 1974
“Without faith you can't see a miracle; you just see unexplained events.”

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