"Sophie did not care to think how Howl might react if Fanny woke him by stabbing him with her parasol."

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Diana Wynne Jones

#Thinking Quotes #Sophie Quotes #Care Quotes

“Christianity has not conquered nationalism; the opposite has been the case nationalism has made Christianity its footstool.”

Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“I think if anything I am perhaps more inclined than most people are to be polite and considerate because I am aware that human relationships are innately fragile and kind of dangerous.”
“I look after myself. I train and go to the gym.”
“Life is all about experiencing the full range of emotions.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.”
“Pioneering in space was something I would willingly give my life for.”

Source : "We Seven: By the Astronauts Themselves". Book by Scott Carpenter, 1962.
“The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism.”

Source : Alfred Richard Orage (1954). “Essays and aphorisms”
“Tending to ourselves, we tend the world. Tending the world, we tend ourselves.”

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