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Quote by Richard Peck

“Because nobody but a reader ever became a writer.”

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Richard Peck is an American novelist, born on April 10, 1934. He is known for his works in children's literature, which have been highly appreciated by readers. more

“Have you noticed how easily the very young die? They make the best martyrs for any cause, the best soldiers, the best suicides. It's because they're held here so lightly: they haven't yet accumulated loves and responsibilities and commitments and all the things that tie us securely to this world. They can let go of it as easily and simply as lifting a finger. But as you get older, you begin to find things that are worth holding onto, forever.”

World Young Dies Causes Responsibility Forever Havens This World Letting Go Commitment Suicide Fingers Soldier Ties Martyr Lifting Love And Responsibility

Author:Tana French

“The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have followed the rules correctly or not.”

Ifs Facts Able Essence Relax Dictatorship Regularity Unpredictability Caprice

Book:Hitch 22: A Memoir

Source: Hitch 22: A Memoir

“We turn toward God only to obtain the impossible.”

Turns Impossible

Book:The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

Source: The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays

“I've no use for talking, would just as soon store paper clips in my mouth.”

Use Talking Paper Mouths Stores Clip Paper Clips

Book:The Sky Is Everywhere

Source: The Sky Is Everywhere

“It's as if someone vacuumed up the horizon while we were looking the other way.”

Ifs Way Horizon

Book:I'll Give You the Sun

Source: I'll Give You the Sun

“There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been.”

Should May Has Beens Today Should Have Angry Curse Phrases Dragons Should Have Been Pissed Off

Book:Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril

Source: Michelle Sagara Chronicles of Elantra Vol 3: Cast in Chaos\Cast in Ruin\Cast in Peril

“[I'm] as broke as the ten commandments.”

Ten Broke Commandments Ten Commandments Psmith

Author:P. G. Wodehouse

“Happiness is neither within us, nor without us. It is in the union of ourselves with God.”

Happiness Unions

Author:Blaise Pascal

“You have a mother?" He quirked a brow. "Did you think mine was some sort of divine birth? My father was a remarkable man, but even he was not that talented.”

Thinking Men Mother Father Mines Divine Birth Remarkable Brows

Author:Julia Quinn

“The boy I loved didn't know I existed. Then again, he was obsessed with Camus, so he didn't know if any of us existed.”

Ifs Knows Boys Obsessed

Author:David Levithan

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