"It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish."

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John Flanagan

#Shellfish Quotes #Surprising Quotes

“Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking. Then I start to love them. By the time I finish the book, I love them so much that I want to stay with them. I don't want to leave them ever.”
“Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.”
“The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.”
“There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, look!”
“It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.”
“The world is your canvas and your teacher.Take a day to reflect, measure and adjust on your goals; progress is essential to continued success.”
“Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.”
“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.”

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