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“Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!”

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Christopher Paul Curtis is an American writer known for his children's literature. His works often blend historical background with humor, making them popular among readers. more

“Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea, I thought, as I watched Miss Statham filling the heavy teapot. Did we really need a cup of tea? I even said as much to Miss Statham and she looked at me with a hurt, almost angry look, 'Do we need tea? she echoed. 'But Miss Lathbury...' She sounded puzzled and distressed and I began to realise that my question had struck at something deep and fundamental. It was the kind of question that starts a landslide in the mind. I mumbled something about making a joke and that of course one needed tea always, at every hour of the day or night.”

Needs Mind Looks Kind Said Night Courses Hours Hurt Too Much Missing Needed Jokes Fundamentals Angry Heavy Cups Tea Realising Filling Cups Of Tea Puzzled Teapots Landslides

Author:Barbara Pym

“That is the principal thing-not to remain with the dream, with the intention, with the being-in-the-mood, but always forcibly to convert it all into things.”

Dream Intention Mood Principal

Book:Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910

Source: Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910

“Please stop putting quotes from Nietzsche at the end of your emails. Five years ago you were laughing your guts out over American Pie 2. What — suddenly you’ve magically turned into Noam Chomsky?”

Years Ends Laughing Five Please Years Ago Five Years Guts Pie Email American Pie

Book:JPod

Source: JPod

“Half way down, he encountered Saphira, who had jammed her head and neck as far up the stair as she could, gouging the wood in her frenzy. Little one. She flicked out her tongue and caught him on the hand with its rough tip. He smiled. Then she arched her neck and tried to pull back, but to no avail. What's wrong? I'm stuck. You're... He could not help it;he laughed even though it hurt. The situation was too absurd.”

Source: The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance

“We are made for loving. If we don’t love, we will be like plants without water.”

Ifs Made Motivational Success Motivation Water Inspire Plant

Author:Desmond Tutu

“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.”

Writing Sometimes Emotion Creation Discipline Elements Drunk Restraint Sober Spontaneity

Book:Reuben, Reuben: A Novel

Source: Reuben, Reuben: A Novel

“I like my coffee with cream and my literature with optimism.”

Literature Optimism Coffee Cream Funny Coffee

Book:Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist

Source: Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist

“Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.”

Source: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

“If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.”

Ifs Believe Kind Courses Asks Individual Don't Believe Decent Hearted Kind Hearted

Book:Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

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