"I was brought up Irish, where there was room for my own private world."

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P. L. Travers

#World Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“Being stuck in airports, you always end up buying perfume and sunglasses.”
“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”
“You can find many philosophy papers on the themes of 'love' and 'friendship,' most of which are cheerful and somewhat anodyne; you don't find many on the loss of friends, relatives, and lovers from death or alienation, though it happens all the time.”
“Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.”
“Sometimes writing is running downhill, your fingers jerking behind you on the keyboard the way your legs do when they canâ€™t quite keep up with gravity.”

Source : Rainbow Rowell (2013). “Fangirl”, p.298, Pan Macmillan
“It was so weird, because usually I was totally nervous talking to guys. But Eli was different. He made me want to say more, not less. Which was maybe not a good thing.”
“The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.”
“Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.”

Source : David Weber, Eric Flint (2003). “Crown of Slaves”, p.261, Baen Books

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