“Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive?”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“But fear doesn't need doors and windows. It works from the inside.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“Watch TV or something." That's what the note says.
So I say to myself, Fine. But I think I'll do the "or something" part.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“It's about 65 degrees, so it feels like when the air conditioner is up on high. I can bear it, so I'm going for a walk. Today. Right now. In the sunshine. Because I can.
Because I want to. Because I'm not going to just sit around and wait for stuff to happen anymore. I'm still me, and I have a life. It's a weird life, but it's still mine.
It's still mine.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“And then I see what she means. Because I did have to tell her, just like she had to tell me all of this. I had to trust her. Sometimes you have to tell someone else what it's like. Because if you don't, you'll go nuts.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“We both hang up, but it's like there's still a connection. I can feel it.
And it feels good.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“Only once. She called, asked could we send her two thousand dollars—two thousand more than the four she already stole when she left.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“Aha. The mom doesn’t know. She’s fishing. This next part has to be just right, or I’m blacklisted by the mother and hated by the daughter. The first would be an inconvenience; the second would be a tragedy.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“There's a strength in the way she carries herself, but she never seems to relax, never lets down her guard.”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
“and he sees me seeing him see me. Anyway,”
― Andrew Clements, quote from Things Not Seen
Andrew Clements
Born place: in Camden, New Jersey, The United States
Born date January 1, 1949
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“The few questions I had asked had been futile and I was suddenly dispirited, for it had occurred to me that had Holmes been present, he would have probably have solved the entire mystery by now.”
― Anthony Horowitz, quote from The House of Silk
“She yawns for men and not with her mouth. She weeps for men and not with her eyes. She drinks men down, she is a cave for men.”
― Thomas Keneally, quote from The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
“Officially, the program was for the peaceful development of nuclear energy. The entire world knew this to be a lie, for the simple fact that Iran was blessed with massive oil and gas reserves. Economically, it made no sense to spend billions developing a nuclear program when cheap oil and gas were abundantly available. What they needed were refineries.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Protect and Defend
“I feel it's all wrong to be nervous," said Maria. "I feel it's lack of confidence. One ought to go right ahead, never minding."
"Some people do," he said, "but they're the duds. They are the ones that win prizes at school, and you never hear of them again. Go on. Be nervous. Be ill. Be sick down the lavatory pan. It's part of your life from now on. You've got to go through with it. Nothing's worth while if you don't fight for it first, if you haven't a pain in your belly beforehand.”
― Daphne du Maurier, quote from The Parasites
“Guilt is a tireless horse. Grief ages into sorrow, and sorrow is an enduring rider.”
― Dean Koontz, quote from The Darkest Evening of the Year
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