You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.
AIDAN CHAMBERSHowever much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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I cannot live without reading.
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And trust dies from ifs and buts
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The thing is, when love is real, whether it’s ebbing or flowing, it’s always there, it never goes away. And that’s the only proof you can have that it is real, and not just a crush or an infatuation or a passing fancy
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The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most need to hear as the confession of myself
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She was–I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is–one of those people who, at first sight, look plain, are quiet, unassertive, unmemorable even. But who, when they start to talk and you get to know them.
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How do I think of you? As someone I want to be with. As someone as young as me, but “older,” if that makes sense. As someone I like to look at, not just because you’re good to look at, but because just looking at you makes me smile and feel happier.
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.
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You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own.
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Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
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If you’re passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears.
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Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it’s possible to love someone?
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There are times when you don’t know yourself. There are times when you don’t want to know yourself.
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They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who’s in them.
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As someone who knows her mind and who I envy for that. As someone who is strong in herself without seeming to need anyone else to help her. As someone who makes me thinks and unsettles me in a way that makes me feel more alive.
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