Roald Dahl
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KATE WICKER GEORGE MACDONALD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES KATE MIDDLETON KATE MIDDLETON DANIEL DAY-LEWIS CRAIG GROESCHEL MAGGIE STIEFVATER It comes up over and over and over again that a ten times increase in the weight-oriented density of... ASTRO TELLER There is a feeling of disbelief that comes over you, that takes over, and you kind of go through the... FREDERICK BARTHELME My first favourite book was 'Are You My Mother?' A picture book about a lost bird. After tha... RICK YANCEY Many of every day blessings comes from your determination to do great. NELSON RIOS DAVE EGGERS YARA SHAHIDI HUNTER S. THOMPSON They always made sure I stood strong in what I believed in. They taught me that everything I do has ... DANIELLE LEE For me, that one error is enough to make me throw away my status and my life savings just to start a... TURYASINGURA NELSON DERRICK When I was a kid, a pickleball hit me in the back of the head, and I had memory problems. I was in a... C. C. H. POUNDER I used to have the 'Best Of Eddie Murphy' VHS tape that I wore out completely, watching it o... TARAN KILLAM When people say the phrase falling in love it makes me wanna tie my shoelaces together to have a cha... ANDY STEWART I have a slight memory of being carried down the stairs by my mother. She held me in her left arm, a... HERBERT HAMROL SOPHIE KINSELLA DIANE KEATON MARQUIS DE SADE C. JOYBELL C. There's a series of children's books called A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is like an... BARRY SONNENFELD BERTIE CARVEL If I could do it all over again I would. I have so many great memories, and I've been blessed with a... FRANK SPURCHISE To not have the opportunity to go back one more time and try and win the gold is obviously, in my op... JEREMY ROENICK SHIRLEY JACKSON Food Allergies Are Not Due to Food, Rather Are Due to the Constant Contamination of That Food That Y... THEHEALTHFOODGURU It's refreshing in one way, knowing that I've got to come in and prove myself all over again and slo... ALECKO ESKANDARIAN Would I do it all over again. I would have to and hope someone would do it for me. DEAN GRIFFITH SARAH J. MAAS CLIVE BARKER We've elevated this program to a level of a BCS bowl where there is no doubt that you're one of the ... BRANDON HOYTE My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?"... ROALD DAHL You chose books. I chose looks. ROALD DAHL Technology, the Law of Equation and the English Language all have one shortfall, that even school te... APURVA GAGLANI I do believe the shelters are all closed at this time and they are trying to get people back into th... JENNY LEHMAN AMY GRANT YUKAKO KABEI KEN BUCK I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary pe... GEORGE TSARGAS "NOW THAT IT'S OVER" I remember having my father stand over me when I had driven over my own foot; one leg was out of the... RANDY BACHMAN I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tendency to do the same thing over and ove... STEPHEN F. LYNCH DAPHNE DU MAURIER C.S. LEWIS MICHELLE BACHELET The core character of Victorians is one of aspiration and ambition, and Victorians have, since first... TED BAILLIEU Because over and over again, the times that I've done really good things is because I've had... LAWRENCE HALPRIN DENNIS LEHANE You deserve all that and more. It made me happy to see you suffer. I would do it all over again if I... ROSAMUND HODGE LEWIS CARROLL I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is goi... VINCE FLYNN You were many wonderful things to many people before you met him--don't let this one event define wh... MARY ESSELMAN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I was just sitting in Target, just getting over my cold. I blew my nose and I see these people looki... ATTICUS SHAFFER ISSA RAE Give people the benefit of the doubt, over and over again, and do the same for yourself. Believe tha... LIZ NEWMAN ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH GEORGE STEINER I say over and over again that I am just standing on the shoulders of so many who have set this path... MISTY COPELAND AUDRE LORDE If i were a rock and you would throw me away, i'd come back so you could do it over and over again. SIMUţ LIVIU CRISTIAN RICK PITINO BETTY WHITE I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark, fed with scraps. Do you think ... JOHN MCCAIN As far as violence goes, school is school. You are going to have your regular everyday fights that k... LARRY FRAZIER You should have seen me when I put on my uniform. I felt like a kid all over again. TRACY MCGRADY VERONICA ROTH EILEEN CADDY We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently..... CHARLES FRANKLIN KETTERING We often say that the biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee to fail intelligently..... CHARLES KETTERING SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS GEORGE R.R. MARTIN GEORGE R.R. MARTIN SARAH J. MAAS SARAH J. MAAS JAMILA WOODS We find stuff all the time, but what's sort of eerie about this is that this is a bridge that thousa... IRIS WEINSHALL One of the questions that I hear over and over and over is, 'What do we do with all these painti... BOB ROSS HANK AARON My arm is weighted by the huge pile of clothing she’s hung over it. A moment of clarity comes over... DAWN O'PORTER You're never happy with a tie; you're trying to win. The reality is we have to come back and play to... WALT KYLE
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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. ROALD DAHL The Bristol Channel was always my guide, and I was always able to draw an imaginary line from my bed... ROALD DAHL I shot down some German planes and I got shot down myself, crashing in a burst of flames and crawlin... ROALD DAHL Life is more fun if you play games. ROALD DAHL Those who don't believe in magic will never find it. ROALD DAHL Don't gobblefunk around with words. ROALD DAHL You seemed so far away," Miss Honey whispered, awestruck.ROALD DAHL And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets ar... ROALD DAHL My father was a Norwegian who came from a small town near Oslo. He broke his arm at the elbow when h... ROALD DAHL I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert o... ROALD DAHL I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with a book, not daunted... ROALD DAHL It's a funny thing about mothers and fathers. Even when their own child is the most disgusting littl... ROALD DAHL With frightening suddenness he now began ripping the pages out of the book in handfuls and throwing ... ROALD DAHL If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lo... ROALD DAHL An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life and it is usually full of all sorts of... ROALD DAHL All through my school life I was appalled by the fact that masters and senior boys were allowed quit... ROALD DAHL All Norwegian children learn to swim when they are very young because if you can't swim it is di... ROALD DAHL The fine line between roaring with laughter and crying because it's a disaster is a very, very f... ROALD DAHL Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings yo... ROALD DAHL A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth an... ROALD DAHL So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,ROALD DAHL Though my father was Norwegian, he always wrote his diaries in perfect English. ROALD DAHL 'Dexter' is a very well-oiled machine; it's just a great show and great to be part of. ROALD DAHL Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been ... ROALD DAHL The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting li... ROALD DAHL So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who ... ROALD DAHL We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. ROALD DAHL And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted.... ROALD DAHL But it is impossible to replace a person one has loved with distractions. ROALD DAHL A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. ROALD DAHL I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a regular routine to follow with fixed hours,... ROALD DAHL I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are in... ROALD DAHL Sex is like nose picking. It's fine as long as you practice it yourself, but it's disgusting watchin... ROALD DAHL I find that the only way to make my characters really interesting to children is to exaggerate all t... ROALD DAHL I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossib... ROALD DAHL I go down to my little hut, where it's tight and dark and warm, and within minutes I can go back... ROALD DAHL If you are good life is good. ROALD DAHL Don’t argue, my dear child, please don’t argue!” cried Mr. Wonka. “It’s such a waste of pr... ROALD DAHL I shall never have a bath again," I said. ROALD DAHL So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, ... ROALD DAHL I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I k... ROALD DAHL A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master e... ROALD DAHL Fiona has the same glacial beauty of an iceburg, but unlike the iceburg she has absolutely nothing b... ROALD DAHL You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of. ROALD DAHL Two rights don't equal a left. ROALD DAHL Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets. ROALD DAHL Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a bigger twit than eve... ROALD DAHL My darling," she said at last, are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?"... ROALD DAHL A whizzpopper!" cried the BFG, beaming at her. "Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizz... ROALD DAHL The adult is the enemy of the child because of the awful process of civilizing this thing that, when... ROALD DAHL Nobody gets a nervous breakdown or a heart attack from selling kerosene to gentle country folk from ... ROALD DAHL It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible. ROALD DAHL I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca. ROALD DAHL It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you. ROALD DAHL We have tears in our eyes ROALD DAHL When you grow up and have children of your own, do please remember something important: A stodgy par... ROALD DAHL England once there lived a bigROALD DAHL I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the... ROALD DAHL The most important thing we've learned, ROALD DAHL If a person has ugly thoughts, it begins to show on the face. And when that person has ugly thoughts... ROALD DAHL I do not like film directors very much. They lack humility and they are too damn sure that everythin... ROALD DAHL I asked my mum, who's a very clever psychotherapist, and she says that kids love stories about death... ROALD DAHL Some adults forget what it was like to be a kid,'' Burton says. ROALD DAHL Some children are spoiled and it is not their fault, it is their parents. ROALD DAHL And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted.... ROALD DAHL Fairy tales have always got to have something a bit scary for children - as long as you make them la... ROALD DAHL We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it. - Charlie and the Chocolate Facto... ROALD DAHL We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ROALD DAHL All the figures show that film-makers and publishers go for the safe option,'' says Peter Hunt, chil... ROALD DAHL It wasn't raindrops at all. It was a great solid mass of water that might have been a lake or a whol... ROALD DAHL Perhaps it's chasing me. But I don't think it will ever catch me because I am moving fast. ROALD DAHL Obscurity is never a virtue. ROALD DAHL If my books can help children become readers, then I feel I have accomplished something important. ROALD DAHL You ignorant little slug!" the Trunchbull bellowed. "You witless weed! You empty-headed hamster! You... ROALD DAHL You mean to tell me,’ I said, ‘that every time I pleasure a young lady, I shoot into her two tho... ROALD DAHL Listening to my father during those early years, I began to realise how important it was to be an en... ROALD DAHL Prayers were held in Assembly Hall. We all perched in rows on wooden benches while teachers sat up o... ROALD DAHL Pear Drops were exciting because they had a dangerous taste. All of us were warned against eating th... ROALD DAHL The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a fa... ROALD DAHL Had I not had children of my own, I would have never written books for children, nor would I have be... ROALD DAHL I am only 8 years old, I told myself. No little boy of 8 has ever murdered anyone. It's not poss... ROALD DAHL A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether h... ROALD DAHL Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appr... ROALD DAHL Nowadays you can go anywhere in the world in a few hours, and nothing is fabulous any more. ROALD DAHL When you're writing a book, with people in it as opposed to animals, it is no good having people... ROALD DAHL A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. ROALD DAHL Having power is not nearly as important as what you choose to do with it. ROALD DAHL If you can think of anything more terrifying than that happening to you in the middle of the night, ... ROALD DAHL The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to hi... ROALD DAHL Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy ... ROALD DAHL It's impossible to make your eyes twinkle if you aren't feeling twinkly yourself ROALD DAHL ¿Os dais cuenta cabal de la cadena de crímenes tramados por la nena? Crimen número uno: la acusad... ROALD DAHL I'm wondering what to read next." Matilda said. "I've finished all the children's books. ROALD DAHL Ik heb gemerkt, juffrouw Engel, in mijn lange loopbaan in het onderwijs, dat een rotmeisje veel geva... ROALD DAHL Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus... ROALD DAHL Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous... ROALD DAHL What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her. ROALD DAHL I've always said to myself that if a little pocket calculator can do it why shouldn't I? ROALD DAHL In any event, parents never underestimated the abilities of their own children. Quite the reverse. S... ROALD DAHL Both Matilda and Lavender were enthralled. It was quite clear to them that they were at this moment ... ROALD DAHL There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to ... ROALD DAHL I'm afraid men are not always quite as clever as they think they are. You will learn that when you g... ROALD DAHL There aren’t many funny bits in Mr Tolkien either,’ Matilda said.ROALD DAHL There's nothin' you can get from a book that you can't get from a television fastah!" ROALD DAHL A girl should think about making herself look attractive so she can get a good husband later on. Loo... ROALD DAHL All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. If only they wou... ROALD DAHL I have found it impossible to talk to anyone about my problems. I couldn't face the embarrassment, a... ROALD DAHL Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the whole hog. Make s... ROALD DAHL Did you know", Matilda said suddenly, "that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred... ROALD DAHL From then on, Matilda would visit the library only once a week in order to take out new books and re... ROALD DAHL Sometimes Matilda longed for a friend, someone like the kind, courageous people in her books. ROALD DAHL A BOOK?! WHAT D'YOU WANNA FLAMING BOOK FOR?...WE'VE GOT A LOVELY TELLY WITH A 12-INCH SCREEN AND NOW... ROALD DAHL And don’t worry about the bits you can’t understand. Sit back and allow the words to wash around... ROALD DAHL I cannot for the life of me understand why small children take so long to grow up. I think they do i... ROALD DAHL All the reading she had done had given her a view of life that they had never seen. ROALD DAHL Here it is,' Nigel said.ROALD DAHL I'm right and you're wrong, I'm big and you're small, and there's nothing you can do about it. ROALD DAHL Matilda said, "Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous. Go the wh... ROALD DAHL No-one got rich being honest, the customers have to be diddled ROALD DAHL Era davvero uno strano spettacolo guardare quella personcina seduta, i cui piedi non arrivavano a te... ROALD DAHL This allowed her two glorious hours sitting quietly by herself in a cozy corner, devouring one book ... ROALD DAHL You chose books. I chose looks. ROALD DAHL What on earth were you trying to do, make yourself look handsome or something? You look like someone... ROALD DAHL You chose books, I chose looks . Now see the difference? ROALD DAHL I libri le aprivano mondi nuovi e le facevano conoscere persone straordinarie che vivevano una vita ... ROALD DAHL A little magic can take you a long way. ROALD DAHL Mr. Wonka: "Don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."ROALD DAHL Oh where, oh where had Snow White gone?ROALD DAHL Poor Cindy's heart was torn to shreds.ROALD DAHL There's plenty of money out there. They print more every day. But this ticket, there's only five of ... ROALD DAHL There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plan... ROALD DAHL Now that I am alone, I don't have to hide it; I don't have to hide anything any longer. I can let my... ROALD DAHL Giants isn't eating each other either, the BFG said. Nor is giants killing each other. Giants is not... ROALD DAHL But where, you might ask, is this book that the BFG wrote? It’s right here. You’ve just finished... ROALD DAHL Sophie took the book out of his hand. ‘Nicholas Nickleby,’ she read aloud. ‘By Dahl’s Chicke... ROALD DAHL Well, first of all," said the BFG, "human beans is not really believing in giants, is they? Human be... ROALD DAHL . . . I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world! ROALD DAHL Me is the only one what won't be gobbled up because giants is never eating giants ROALD DAHL I is not understanding human beans at all,’ the BFG said. ‘You is a human bean and you is saying... ROALD DAHL Sometimes, on a very clear night,’ the BFG said, ‘and if I is swiggling my ears in the right dir... ROALD DAHL So the music is saying something to them. It is sending a message. I do not think the human beans is... ROALD DAHL let your love out ROALD DAHL Human beans is the only animals that is killing their own kind. ROALD DAHL Titchy little snapperwhippers like you should not be higgling around with an old sage and onions who... ROALD DAHL Words', he said, 'is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. So you must simply try to ... ROALD DAHL You is getting nosier than a parker. ROALD DAHL Two wrongs don't make a right. ROALD DAHL I is reading it hundreds of times,' the BFG said. 'And I is still reading it and teaching new words ... ROALD DAHL The maid screamed.ROALD DAHL Meanings is not important, said the BFG. I cannot be right all the time. Quite often I is left inste... ROALD DAHL Do you like vegetables?" Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dang... ROALD DAHL Words," he said, "is oh such a twitch-tickling problem to me all my life. ROALD DAHL The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in the middle of the nig... ROALD DAHL Yesterday," he said, "we was not believing in giants, was we? Today we is not believing in snozzcumb... ROALD DAHL You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. ROALD DAHL Good day, Sir. ROALD DAHL There are no strangers in here, just friends you haven't met... ROALD DAHL Adventure is just bad planning. ROALD AMUNDSEN Let's go skiing right now! ROALD AMUNDSEN We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels th... ROALD AMUNDSEN So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God! ROALD AMUNDSEN I'm excited about this year and I'm looking forward to competing on the Nationwide Tour. I'm ready t... ANDREW DAHL It means a lot to me to go undefeated. There were a lot of tough wrestlers here (like Riley). I did ... ANDREW DAHL It's going to be a good match. ... The way I look at it, it's just another kid to wrestle. Don't wor... ANDREW DAHL When he shot in overtime and got that nice double(-leg), I knew it was going to be over. ANDREW DAHL I won one (championship) as a freshman, and I want to win a couple more before I'm done. ANDREW DAHL [Infantry boot camp was so effective that Dye organized POW simulation exercises as well.] We made a... JOHN DAHL I told them you have to go out there and forget the score. You have to stop them from scoring and yo... CHRISTINA DAHL Frank was her one true love, she told me. ARLENE DAHL I considered the years in Hollywood nothing but an interim. What I always wanted was to be was a mus... ARLENE DAHL This class is special in the fact that they were completely dedicated to basketball. They're all I'v... CHRISTINA DAHL It's about righting a wrong. Somewhere along the line, someone screwed up. The feeling about the POW... JOHN DAHL It's a story about American combat in a foreign country, ... and it's a heroic story. Right now, not... JOHN DAHL I remember thinking this can't be happening, this can't be happening. ELIZABETH DAHL He didn't smoke or drink. He had low cholesterol. He worked out and walked a lot -- he didn't really... ELIZABETH DAHL It means a lot to know his memory is as alive for other people as it is for us. ELIZABETH DAHL You're walking around here with a smile on your face, Asher. It's freaking everybody out. VICTORIA DAHL Aw, hell, Tessa. I was in ninth grade. By the time I got to the part where I imagined a girl without... VICTORIA DAHL When we beat North Dakota here in 2001. CRAIG DAHL The atmosphere in here (Friday) was electric. That was my second-favorite game ever. CRAIG DAHL Up here it's a little different because you're not so emotionally involved in the game. You're not a... CRAIG DAHL I have two of them in the morning. I enjoy it for breakfast. It can be a treat. ERIC DAHL It was used and it worked yesterday. ERIC DAHL They basically backed the truck right out of the building. ERIC DAHL Yesterday's fire showed that nobody is immune to fire. ERIC DAHL We give them that emotional and physical assurance. We have a strong camaraderie of residents and st... JAMES DAHL For every day you spend in the hospital, you need two days here. JAMES DAHL We're a skilled nursing rehabilitation facility open to the community. We're staffed by nurses 24 ho... JAMES DAHL A yard for my little Charlie...he's fit right in, he seems like he loves it. LORETTA DAHL I met a man across the street, he's in a wheelchair and he patrols the neighborhood, yeah, and I met... LORETTA DAHL I hadn't ever really planned on owning a house again because I'm on social security. LORETTA DAHL It means...it just means so much that I can have a home and be independent...its just great. LORETTA DAHL One of the things I love about this program, the kids know this is a safe place to fall. For example... JULI DAHL Jerry said if anyone ever found out how much fun we were having, we'd have to pay an entertainment t... JULI DAHL We've used all kinds of resources to furnish this place. JULI DAHL We are right on the bubble as far as postseason play is concerned. PAULA DAHL Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder especially i... DR. ROALD BAHR Wearing a helmet, if you're a skier or snowboarder, reduces your risk of having a head injury by 60 ... DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder -- especiall... DR. ROALD BAHR Do as the Olympians do. Wear a helmet, even if you're not an elite skier or snowboarder _ especially... DR. ROALD BAHR
All I ever did to that apartment was hang fifty yards of yellow theatrical silk across the bedroom w... 
Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solem... 
A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men. 
Karma is experience, and experience creates memory, and memory creates imagination and desire, and d... 
Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, ... 
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth ... 
Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873 When I trouble myse... 
I don't know if I have a favorite color. 
Films exhaust me, they do, and I often want nothing more to do with them, but I'm continually su... 
I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. 
here we were again , always saying good-bye 
I can remember exactly where I sat when my teacher first read Roald Dahl's 'James and the Gi... 
I have the support of my parents and my teachers. They made it very possible for me to go to a schoo... 
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that is good... 
My earliest, most impactful encounter with a book was when I was seven and awoke early on Christmas ... 
I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to ... 
The ditch once covered over, above it acorns shall be strewn, in order that the spot become green ag... 
Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... 
I think. as a child, there's something frightening about certain adults, particularly when you&#... 
The twins were loitering over their cereal, and Mrs. Walpole, with one eye on the clock and the othe... 
You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. 
One of the things I'm trying to do over and over again in my books is create new mythologies, cr... 
The greatest part of this, I just keep experiencing over and over again are people coming together a... 
I’ll try just putting one foot in front of the other, and walk a step at a time without rushing. S... 
I have said that I am in favor of personhood as a concept. I am not taking a position on any of the ... 
I love the stillness of a room, after a party. The chairs are moved, the cushions disarranged, every... 
I have seen something like it happen in battle. A man was coming at me, I at him, to kill. Then came... 
Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present... 
She said once that time is nothing to me but a series of bookmarks that I use to jump back and forth... 
How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine."
She was scarcely a year older than I was, dark-haired, slender, with a face that would break your he... 
The gift of writing; natural flow of thoughts from the deepest heart. 
Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish perso... 
In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... 
It took 10 months for me to learn to tie a lace; I must have howled with rage and frustration. But o... 
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made ve... 
We'll attempt to out-think one another, but once the game is over, we'll go back to being good frien... 
I have a two-story house and a bad memory, so I'm up and down those stairs all the time. That... 
If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'... 
When you feel that you have reached the end and that you cannot go one step further, when life seems... 
The issue isn't whether he loved you, it's how much. Too much. Love can be poison 
You do what you love, what you need 
I think of music as creating a space. I like to put things in that are comforting to me and are nost... 
On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is... 