"I wrote Freak the Mighty because Max, the mighty half of Freak the Mighty, insisted and he's bigger than I am."

-- Rodman Philbrick

#Max Quotes #Half Quotes #Freak Quotes

“You don't have to put an age limit on your dreams.”

Source : Dara Torres, Elizabeth Weil (2009). “Age Is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life”, p.3, Three Rivers Press
“the impatience of the old is the worst impatience of all.”

Source : L. T. Meade (2016). “The Honorable Miss: Children's Fiction”, p.201, VM eBooks
“Maybe because English is my second language, maybe I just translate mundane clichÃ©s from the Welsh language and they sound original in English. I am going through a bit of an obsession with bad puns. I am hoping I'll grow out of it. Maybe it's just a phase.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Doctors have told me I have a high pain threshold, but I can only know what I feel. I think I'm good at minimising the pain and being indifferent to it.”

Source : "Johnny Knoxville's house of pain" by Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2010.
“The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.”
“If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.”
“That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're not playing your best tennis - that's what I can be proud of”
“There has to be a song. There are too many dark nights, too many troublesome days, and too many wearisome miles. Somewhere deep in the forgotten corner of oneâ€™s heart- there has to be a song. Like a cool, clear drink of water and like the gentle warmth of sunshine, and like the tender love of a child, there has to be a song!”

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