"My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria."

-- A. N. Wilson

#Queens Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'.”
“Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?" "Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies, animated or not." "Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the boards, and all that. But this girl I know, she's completely into it. She spends most of her allowance on the books and DVDs. She can recite dialogue from them." She caught my gaze. "So would you say she belongs here?" "No. Most kids are that way about something, right? With me, it's movies. Like knowing who directed a sci-fi movie made before I was born.”
“...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight' would be acceptable, cried Jabotinsky. 'The present Congress is duty bound to put the Jewish problem in Germany before the entire world...(We [Jews] must) destroy, destroy, destroy them, not only with the boycott, but politically, supporting all existing forces against them to isolate Germany from the civilized world...our enemy [Germany] must be destroyed.”
“Sometimes great injustices may be inflicted on the minority when the majority is in the pursuit of a great and just cause.”
“There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.”
“I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.”
“You're looking for players whose name on the front of the sweater is more important than the one on the back. I look for these players to play hard, to play smart and to represent their country.”
“Don't listen to their words, fix your attention on their deeds.”

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