"Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed."

-- Ayelet Waldman

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“Today the thing I find myself thinking about the most is our landscape...I think it's something a lot of us take for granted; for many of us Australia is just there but how many of us have really seen it, have seen Kakadu or Kings Canyon? I know I hope to at some stage, to see Uluru at sunset and the ancient art in the Abrakurrie caves. I think it's our landscape which defines our identity and it's what I'm most grateful for.”
“R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.”
“My name is Cassie Palmer and Iâ€™ve cheated death more times than anyone has a right to expect. In the last two months, Iâ€™ve been shot, stabbed, beaten and blown up a few dozen times, and that doesnâ€™t count all the magical ways Iâ€™ve almost been killed. Iâ€™d have been dead a long time ago if not for my friends, one of whom had just jumped off the cliff after me. Iâ€™d have been a lot more appreciative if he hadnâ€™t pushed me first.”

Source : Karen Chance (2011). “Hunt The Moon: Cassie Palmer”, p.11, Penguin UK
“I play a bad boy on television, but in real life I have a passion for nature and nature conservancy, specifically bird rehabilitation.”
“The Bible says that our core problem, the fundamental reason we do what we do, is sin.”
“In my writers' room, which is mostly men, I get a lot of questions like "What would be the quickest way to pass as a seemingly normal guy between the ages of twenty-five and forty years old?"”
“The passion, the competitiveness, the swinging for the fences, it adds up.”
“Exactly what part of that is supposed to make me feel better?" Though, honestly, hearing that she was jealous of me did make me feel a teeny, tiny bit better.”

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