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 CHAMBERSThe pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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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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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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Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.
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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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You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope.
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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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They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who’s in them.
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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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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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Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
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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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However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
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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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