"When asked what I'd be if I weren't a writer, I'm tempted to respond with one of father's favorite phrases, one I despised while growing up: "I hate 'what-ifs.'""

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Source : Source: www.redividerjournal.org

Cate Marvin

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #Hate Quotes

“I would like to have the superpower of being able to touch a book and then gain all the knowledge out of that book without spending hours and days reading it.”
“They were black like a lizard's and very large and, like the eyes of a lizard, could sometimes look sleepy.”
“For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat.”
“Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well...”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.
“ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.”
“When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath.”
“I believe in women, especially thinking women.”
“A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.”

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