"Unlikely things are often true . . ."

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Source : Sheridan Hay (2008). “The Secret of Lost Things”, p.155, Anchor

Sheridan Hay

#Unlikely Quotes

“In 10 years, Iâ€™d love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogsâ€¦and itâ€™d be great to share them with someone else.”
“Sin is a thing of time, but mercy is from everlasting. Transgression is but of yesterday, but mercy was ever of old. Before you and I sought the Lord, the Lord sought us.”
“We must encourage people to get educated, to get tested, to get involved in the fight against AIDS.”
“We don't read novels to have an experience like life. Heck, we're living lives, complete with all the incompleteness. We turn to fiction to have an author assure us that it means something.”
“Finally, Peeta turns to Pollux. "Well, then you just became our most valuable asset." Castor laughs and Pollux manages a smile. We're halfway down the first tunnel when I realize what was so remarkable about that exchange. Peeta sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could... I glance back at him as he trudges along under his guards, Gale and Jackson, his eyes fixed on the ground, his shoulders hunched forward. So dispirited. But for a moment, he was really here.”
“Everyone wants to grow up to be a faerie princess. Trust me, It's overrated”
“You get a role like this in a big action movie [like Jack Reacher] and you can go one of two ways: you can paint in broad strokes, which happens a lot in action films, or you can get very detailed.”
“I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use.”

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