"I smiled. "I understand now. But It doesn't matter and you needn't apologize. They have been very kind to me too. Even if we did differ a little about suitable dresses." He considered me a moment, a mischievous light creeping into his eyes, and said: "Was THAT the dress - that night you wouldn't come out of your room?" I grinned and nodded, and we both laughed;"

-- Robin McKinley

#Eye Quotes #Night Quotes #Light Quotes

“We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops”
“I love idyllic places and the kind of suspension of history they offer. But noble beauty is not enough. One must complicate the picture, because there's nowhere to "escape" to on the planet in pursuit of a hermetic pastoralism or a redemptive wilderness sublime.”
“Political movements always belong to the young.”
“Every woman needs one man in her life who is strong and responsible. Given this security, she can proceed to do what she really wants to do-fall in love with men who are weak and irresponsible.”
“Inquiry is fatal to certainty.”
“True zeal is an ignis lambeus, a soft and gentle flame, that will not scorch one's hand.”
“When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.”

Source : "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 12, 2004.
“I like to find music that shares a rhythm with the sentences I'm working on. And though I'll probably regret saying this, I think some songs actually don't sound too bad when they're played through lousy speakers.”

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