Top 18 Catherine Jinks Quotes
#1. I always had a soft spot for Sherlock Holmes and used to imagine helping him out.
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#2. If it hadn't been for Prosper, he might never have learned how to love at all. Because the ability to become attached to people was something that you had to exercise at an early age, if you didn't want to lose it altogether.
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#3. I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good, big house out of words.
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#4. I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.
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#5. Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements.
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#6. In primary school, I was bored witless by Australian history.
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#7. Right" he said "Let's get one thing clear. I am not here to teach you law-I am here to teach you loopholes.
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#8. I'm a very nervy kind of person, who finds it almost impossible to relax.
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#9. There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction.
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#10. When someone's rattling on about blocked toilets, collapsing marquees, and penis-shaped birthday cakes, it's hard to convince yourself that you're in a life-or-death situation.
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#12. I mean who the hell do you think you are, exactly? Saint Roland of the Perpetual Martyrdom?
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#13. I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.
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#14. Why look to far ahead, when there was nothing to see but dark clouds?
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#15. I'm a hacker!" Cadel protested. "I don't poison people! I don't blow them up!
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#16. When you're a dweeb, when you're really young, it stands out. But as everybody gets older and more conservative, it's not an issue any more.
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#17. I was lucky enough to be a child during the renaissance of Australian children's literature, when people like Ivan Southall, Colin Thiele, Lilith Norman and Wrightson were pumping out hugely inspiring stuff.
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#18. The fact that I ended up married to a decent man is still a source of amazement to me, thanks to 'The Women's Room.'
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