"A bluebear has twenty-seven lives. I shall recount thirteen-and-a-half of them in this book but keep quiet about the rest. A bear must have his secrets, after all; they make him seem attractive and mysterious."

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Source : Walter Moers (2006). “13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear”, p.4, The Overlook Press

Walter Moers

#Book Quotes #Secret Quotes #Half Quotes

“I think anybody would be hard pressed not to relate to at least one of the characters, because there's so many different multifaceted people populating this crazy world.”

Source : "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. August 2, 2002.
“At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.”
“With all the challenges in the housing market, it's clear we need a new vision for the way we design our homes, our communities-and even our lives.”
“We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary.”
“What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.”

Source : Song: Soar, Album: Stripped
“Physicists, being in no way different from the rest of the population, have short memories for what is inconvenient.”

Source : Anthony Standen (1950). “Science is a sacred cow”
“It must always be remembered that you can never do right until you are first free to do wrong; since the doing of a thing under compulsion is evidence neither of good nor bad intent; and if under compulsion, who shall decide what would be the substituted rule of action under full freedom?”
“I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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