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“Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.”

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Patricia Reilly Giff

Patricia Reilly Giff is an American author of children's literature, born on April 26, 1935. Her works are known for their warm stories and deep emotional insights, making her a beloved author among readers. more

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“Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze, taking first this direction and then that.”

Thinking Inspirational Firsts Ideas Lying Sleep Worst Bed Clouds Organized Breeze Going To Sleep Best Times Free Thinking Undecided Worst Times

Book:From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

Source: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

“Sometimes silence is a habit that hurts?”

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Book:The View from Saturday

Source: The View from Saturday

“As long as you live, it is never too late to make amends. Take my advice, child. Don't waste your precious life with regrets and sorrow. Find a way to make right what was wrong, and then move on.”

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“I hear the first drops. Like the tapping of a stranger at the door of a dream, the rain changes everything.”

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Book:Scholastic Newbery Collection

Source: Scholastic Newbery Collection

“I try to write the most embarrassing thing I can think of.”

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“Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.”

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Book:On War

Source: On War

“Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.”

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Book:On War

Source: On War

“Great things alone can make a great mind, and petty things will make a petty mind unless a man rejects them as completely alien.”

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Book:On War

Source: On War

“What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely or enough to make him stop fighting. . . . The complete or partial destruction of the enemy must be regarded as the sole object of all engagements. . . . Direct annihilation of the enemy's forces must always be the dominant consideration.”

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Book:On War

Source: On War

“Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time.”

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Book:On War

Source: On War