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.
AIDAN CHAMBERSIf you’re rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you’re loyal and faithful, they turn those against you.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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I cannot live without reading.
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I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page – sometimes every word as well.
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Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist.
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Your weak weaknesses are no use to them…. They find the strongest weaknesses you didn’t know were yours and use those against you.
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How clever the human mind is, that it can accept two contradictory things as ‘facts.’ Yes, I know that in this case one ‘fact’ was untrue. But the human mind can KNOW something is untrue and still accept it as a ‘fact,’ and act on it as if it were true.
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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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And the price for being a homo-hater should be as high as anyone can pay.
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There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.
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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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Doing anything when you’re bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored.
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Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it.
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However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
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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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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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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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