"I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train."

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Garry Disher

#Country Quotes #Book Quotes #House Quotes

“If the attainment of peace is the ultimate objective of all statesmen, it is, at the same time, something very ordinary, closely tied to the daily life of each individual.”
“If I talk about Charles Dance I am talking about something else, something I operate and wind up and have to make an impression with and use to transmit someone else's screenplay.”
“Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.”
“To grieve is something extremely difficult, we don't even know how to begin to grieve, and I don't know how you can be taught to grieve.”

Source : Interview with Christopher Cook, www.theguardian.com. March 16, 2001.
“Whenever he looks at me with those big brown eyes, I feel like giving him a nut,â€ she said. She even started calling the squirrels running around in the park Mr. Whitmans.”

Source : Kerstin Gier (2011). “Ruby Red”, p.10, Macmillan
“The best thing that can happen to people entering creative professions is the dwindling of all other possibilities.”
“Like a grindhouse version of Grimm's Fairy Tales, Wallwork's fiction is smart, innovative, and a hell of a lot of fun.”
“As the vice-regents of God, we are to bring His truth and His â€¦ dominion â€¦ over our neighborhoods, our schools, our governmentâ€¦ our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors â€“ in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.”

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