"My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read Boneland."

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Source : "Alan Garner: a life in books". Interview with Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2012.

Alan Garner

#Children Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Book Quotes

“Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.”
“Youâ€™re not too smart, are you? I like that in a man”
“Let me light my lamp", says the star, "And never debate if it will help to remove the darkness”
“Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?”
“I have a very old-fashioned and traditional mode of dress. I get embarrassed, and I don't really like going to photo shoots. I don't like stylists.”

Source : "Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.gq.com. June 29, 2012.
“No one really needs me,â€ he says, and there's no self-pity in his voice...â€œI do,â€ I say. â€œI need you.â€ He looks upset, takes a deep breath as if to begin a long argument, and that's no good, no good at all, because he'll start going on about Prim and my mother and everything and I'll just get confused. So before he can talk, I stop his lips with a kiss.”
“We in Germany could, for example, lower taxes. And who is against that? The Social Democrats. We could also mobilize more private investments for public infrastructure projects liken the construction of highways. But the Social Democrats also reject this, even though they are at times similar to others abroad in their carping about the surplus. Incidentally, some of the consequences of the good economic situation are strong increases in wages, rising pensions and a strong labor market.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“During the next years, we're going to see people absolutely waking up and remembering their origins and reconnecting to their family of origin, and this is going to change our whole view of Earth, that we are separate and alone.”

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