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
AIDAN CHAMBERSAll the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.
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The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you.
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Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don’t do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it.
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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And when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive.
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Love, being in love, isn’t a constant thing. It doesn’t always flow at the same strength. It’s not always like a river in flood. It’s more like the sea. It has tides, it ebbs and flows.
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I don’t actually think “true love” is such a good term because love can only be true. If it isn’t true it can’t be love.
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Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
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Become more and more attractive and impressive, and you see that in fact they are beautiful. Not conventionally beautiful, not celebrity beautiful, but beautiful all through.
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However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
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Rooms are a fixed size, which can’t be altered without pulling down walls and building new ones.
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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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He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing.
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All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever.
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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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