"Sylvia loved secrets and even if she didn't have any secrets she made sure that you thought she did. Amelia had no secrets, Amelia knew nothing. When she grew up she planned to know everything and to keep it all a secret."

-- Kate Atkinson

#Secret Quotes #Grew Up Quotes #Amelia Quotes

“The cheat ambition, eager to espouse dominion, courts it with a lying show, and shines in borrowed pomp to serve a turn.”
“The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors....”

Source : Des Moines Sunday Register, January 06, 1980.
“Removing Christian evangelism from the African equation may leave the continent at the mercy of a malign fusion of Nike, the witch doctor, the mobile phone and the machete.”
“It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.”
“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.”
“Problems do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to the growth and development of the spirit.”
“Most of today's music is done electronically.”
“The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.”

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