The Sword Thief 39 Clues Quotes

#1. The law of nature teaches us to kill our neighbour, and

Voltaire

#2. On those long notes behind the trumpet solo, if anyone lets his mind wander for a minute he is dead.

Don Ellis

#3. I have to go. I have a finite amount of life left and I don't want to spend it arguing with you.

Jennifer Armintrout

#4. I spend a long time casting, but once I've cast a film there's a reason why I selected those people. So I'm hands-on in selecting the cast, hands-off to see what they do with their characters, and hands-on again to offer suggestions.

Alexander Payne

#5. Adrina, it is time you mended your own soul. Cry, cry until there are no more tears in you.

Robert Stanek

#6. By altering our attitudes we can alter our lives.

Zig Ziglar

#7. Paper is like Joyce Carol Oates: white.

Caryl Churchill

#8. I was holding you and you were looking up at me all 'kiss me, kiss me, Christian'," he pauses and shrugs slightly, "I felt I owed you an apology and a warning.

E.L. James

#9. My whole thing was, if I can put in 5 percent of the effort of somebody getting an A, and I can get a C minus, that's amazing," he explains. "It's certainly good enough, right? [Then] I can take the other 95 percent of the time and invest it in something I really care about.

David Heinemeier Hansson

#10. Aren't you hungry?" he asked, distracted.
"No." I didn't feel like mentioning that my stomach was already full - of butterflies.

Stephenie Meyer

#11. If you wait for someone else's hand, you will surely fall down.

Ingrid Michaelson

#12. Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need to be told. I love watching a plot unfold, and feeling the surprise when the unexpected happens.

Tess Gerritsen

#13. Don't write stories for teenagers or any other group," she advised. "Write them for yourself and let the audience that needs them find them.

Wally Lamb