You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own.
AIDAN CHAMBERSAs 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.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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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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Readers are made by readers – it is so obvious it is almost banal to say it.
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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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Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist.
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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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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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And trust dies from ifs and buts
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
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I thought how lovely and how strange a river is.
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The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you.
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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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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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I cannot live without reading.
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