I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
AIDAN CHAMBERSI don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
More Aidan Chambers Quotes
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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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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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Never give it all. You can never be yourself otherwise.
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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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And when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive.
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And the price for being a homo-hater should be as high as anyone can pay.
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The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing.
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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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Miss the moment and you never get a chance again.
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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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There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.
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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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The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.
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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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