"I could not help staring back, for they made quite a contrast: Kate's pale skin and elegant purple suit, Nadira's dusky skin and exotic fiery sari. "Do we clash?" Nadira said dryly. "We certainly do," said Kate. "Would you like me to move?" "Don't trouble yourself."

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Source : Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

Kenneth Oppel

#Moving Quotes #Purple Quotes #Skins Quotes

“Ownership is the most intimate relationship that one can have to objects. Not that they come alive in him; it is he who lives in them.”
“Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.”
“Whoever perseveres will be crowned.”
“Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside. [Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords; On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]”
“I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.”
“Couldn't believe that out of 70K people, I was chosen.”
“During the war, a battle was fought here, not only for the creation of a new Yugoslavia, but also a battle for Bosnia and Herzegovina as a sovereign republic. To some generals and leaders their position on this was not quite clear. I never once doubted my stance on Bosnia. I always said that Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot belong to this or that, only to the people that lived there since the beginning of time.”
“Watch your own body and mind, and the people and things surrounding you, from the deep, calm place inside of you. When you do that you'll have insights as to what you need to do in order to flow with the river of life around you.”

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