“I’d rather be happy and odd than miserable and ordinary,' she said, sticking her chin in the air.”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“It occurred to him that strength was quite different from toughness and that being vulnerable wasn't quite the same as being weak.”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“Miss Thorne said no more. Poor boy, she thought, away from his loving home and now dumped with an irritable old man. Tom”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
“I expect you think I’m a bit forward,’ remarked Zach. ‘Wot?”
― Michelle Magorian, quote from Good Night, Mr. Tom
Michelle Magorian
Born place: in Portsmouth, The United Kingdom
Born date November 6, 1947
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“— Седи човек на ръба — рече той — и до него сандали. Неизбежно възниква въпросът: чии са тези сандали и къде е техният притежател?”
― Arkady Strugatsky, quote from The Snail on the Slope
“That was the very heart of friendship...your willingness to help each other in a jam, to take a friend's problems as your very own.”
― Elise Broach, quote from Masterpiece
“Other people's happiness is always a fascinating bore. It sucks the oxygen out of the room; you're left gasping, greedy, amazed by a deficit in yourself you hadn't ever noticed.”
― Elizabeth McCracken, quote from The Giant's House
“Everyone has to build anew his sky of hope and peace.”
― Kakuzō Okakura, quote from The Book of Tea
“Watch out for intellect,
because it knows so much it knows nothing
and leaves you hanging upside down,
mouthing knowledge as your heart
falls out of your mouth.”
― Anne Sexton, quote from The Complete Poems
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