Compared with my life Cinderella was a spoiled brat.
ALAN BRADLEYNot very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.
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It makes passable Bath buns. But inspiration from within is like a volcano: It changes the face of the world.
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All of it! – was held together by invisible chemical bonds, and I found a strange, inexplicable comfort in knowing that somewhere, even though we couldn’t see it in our own world, there was a real stability.
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They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.
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The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.
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I love that form very much because the reader is so familiar with all of the types of characters that are in there that they already identify with the book.
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I always woke up before the plane landed.
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As I stood outside in Cow Lane, it occurred to me that Heaven must be a place where the library is open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. No … eight days a week.
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During a long career in TV broadcasting, I spent a lot of time contributing to other people’s creations.
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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon.
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I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother’s house was filled with English books.
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And I had long ago become accustomed to being called ‘Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.
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To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
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Whenever I’m with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.
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If poisons were ponies, I’d put my money on cyanide.
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