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If I had to make a general rule for living and working with children, it might be this: be wary of saying or doing anything to a child that you would not do to another adult, whose good opinion and affection you valued. John Holt
I'm on the New York State Council for the Arts now, and every so often some other member talks about sending notices to college English departments about some literary opportunity, and I say, "Send them to the chemistry departments, send them to the zoology departments, send them to the anthropology departments and the astronomy departments and physics departments, and all the medical and law schools. That's where the writers are most likely to be. Kurt Vonnegut
But I do think that when people say 'a learning curve,' they make a mistake. Learning to me always seems to go in a straight, ignorant line and then, every so often, takes a jump straight upward. Diana Wynne Jones
P. T. Barnum quote: "I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right."
I don't care what you say about me, just spell my name right. P. T. Barnum
You think he is marrying her for money?' 'Yes, I do. Don't you think so?' 'I should say quite certainly,' said Miss Marple. 'Like young Ellis who married Marion Bates, the rich ironmonger's daughter. She was a very plain girl and absolutely besotted about him. However, it turned out quite well. People like young Ellis and this Gerald Wright are only really disagreeable when they've married a poor girl for love. They are so annoyed with themselves for doing it that they take it out of the... Agatha Christie
Sorry about Bender," Lula said, letting the Trans Am idle at the curb. "Maybe we could tell Vinnie he died. We could say we were all set to bring Bender in, and he died. Bang. Dead as a doorknob."Better yet, why don't we just go back and kill him," I said. I opened the door to leave, caught my toe in the floor mat, and fell out of the car, face first. I rolled onto my back and stared up at the stars. "I'm fine," I said to Lula. "Maybe I'll sleep here tonight. Janet Evanovich
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "As the French say, who doesn't like getting their butt sucked?"
As the French say, who doesn't like getting their butt sucked? Chuck Palahniuk
Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life. Jodi Picoult
When you kill a beast, say to him in your heart:~By the same power that slays you, I too am slain, and I too shall be consumed.~For the law that delivers you into my hand shall deliver me into a mightier hand.~Your blood and my blood is naught but the sap that feeds the tree of heaven. Khalil Gibran
If the day comes when you would find me again, give that coin to any man from Braavos, and say these words to him--valar morghulis.” --- Jaqen H’ghar, A Clash of Kings George R. R. Martin
Great." I didn't say thank you, because it seemed wrong. I wanted to call her a bitch and shoot her between the eyes, but then I would have had to shoot Enzo, too. And how would I explain that to the police? She was breaking no laws. Dammit. Laurell K. Hamilton
History says, Don’t hope On this side of the grave, But then, once in a lifetime The longed-for tidal wave Of justice can rise up, And hope and history rhyme Seamus Heaney
Corrie Ten Boom quote: "You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would..."
You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family. Corrie Ten Boom
Eddie Guerrero quote: "Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what..."
Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do. Eddie Guerrero
Charles Dickens quote: "Don't be afraid to hear me. Don't shrink from anything I say...."
Don't be afraid to hear me. Don't shrink from anything I say. I am like one who died young: all my life might have been. Charles Dickens

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