Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.
AIDAN CHAMBERSLife is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing.
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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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I cannot live without reading.
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Readers are made by readers – it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it.
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If you’re rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you’re loyal and faithful, they turn those against you.
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Yet, isn’t it strange, isn’t it weird, how we can KNOW that someone is not behaving in the way we imagine, and at the same time we can be totally convinced that he is!
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Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists.
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You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.
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Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.
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And trust dies from ifs and buts
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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.
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The demons of the Devil don’t use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones.
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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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Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?
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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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