Amanda Craig Quotes

#1. You know the only rule you need to know to get on in this country? 'Never complain, never explain.

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#2. Not every child takes instantly to books like a duck to water, but I don't believe there are children who hate books. There are just children who haven't yet found the right books for them.

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#3. As ever, Morpurgo's warmth and humanity suffuse a story of courage, love and hope.

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#4. If you read fairy tales carefully, you'll notice they are mostly about people who aren't heroes. They don't have special powers, or gifts. Often they are despised as stupid, They are bullied, beaten up, robbed, starved. But they find they are stronger than their misfortunes.

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#5. Some people, perhaps those with more dignity and less rage gnawing at the roots of their being, are nicer as failures, For me, it was like descending a deep pit that had no bottom

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#6. Familiarity breeds sentiment before contempt.

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#7. I'll tell you the difference between our countries. Americans think life is serious but not hopeless; the English that life is hopeless but not serious.

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#8. I've noticed that whenever institutions claim to be confident of anything it means the complete opposite.

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#9. All paradises are there to be expelled from.

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#10. Very happy or unhappy, people disappear.

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#11. That is the worst thing about despair: it is not constant, any more than love is.

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#12. The sudden acquisition of power does not go to the head, but to the groin. In some, it promotes lust; in others, supplants it. Those on whom its effect is purely cerebral may indeed be counted as fortunate.

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#13. Every profession is an island whose inhabitants earn a precarious living by taking in each other's washing.

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#14. Mostly, what people mean by love is laziness.

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#15. There was a certain usefulness in having a husband whom most people could barely tolerate: it deflected envy, for one thing.

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#16. People who love reading are often called bookworms - but that's the wrong way around. It's not you that worms into a book; it's books that worm into you." - Amanda Craig

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#17. To thoughtful natures, events are like depth charges: the surface is calm, but the shock spreads further.

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#18. It's the remarkable thing about academics: they look at Shakespeare and always see their own faces in him.

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#19. I am a Jewish mother. My dying words will be, "Put a jumper on

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#20. The idea that any of their offspring could possibly be accused of involvement in criminal activities caused deep offence, even to parents who believed that property was theft.

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