"Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults."

-- Nina Bawden

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Fortunately, I am accustomed to creating amusement inadvertently.”

Source : Graeme Simsion (2014). “The Rosie Project: A Novel”, p.74, Simon and Schuster
“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”

Source : Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.99, Faber & Faber
“I don't have any room in my heart for that character [Kevin McCallister ]. I like the actor [Macaulay Culkin], but the character, no.”
“I did very extensive diligence on Al Jazeera English, the network from which Al Jazeera America is going to be derived, and it's really very clear that they have long since established a reputation for excellence and integrity and objectivity.”
“The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal; that is the return of the declination to its original value is slightly ahead of the period of the centre. Hence it necessarily follows that the equinoxes and solstices seem to anticipate their timing, not because the sphere of the fixed stars moves to the east, but rather the equatorial circle moves to the west, being at an angle to the plane of the ecliptic in proportion to the declination of the axis of the terrestrial globe.”
“The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.”
“I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.”
“The best way to win a game is not to lose it.”

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