Eustasia Johannsen was ready. Anyone could see that. Everything about her ancient self gave evidence to it: Her skin, wrinkled and transparent... But mainly, it was her eyes. They were drawn into her face as if her memories occupied more of her sight than what was actually in front of her. Clare Vanderpool
Real isn't how you are made, ' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.''Does it hurt?' asked the...
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Margery Williams Bianco
I think people would live a bit longer if they didn't know how old they were. Age puts restrictions on things.
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Karl Pilkington
Hardest of all, as one becomes older, is to accept that sapient remarks can be drawn from the most unwelcome or seemingly improbable sources, and that the apparently more trustworthy sources can lead one astray.
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Christopher Hitchens
Your age is measured by your dreams not by the years.
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Amit Ray
The land of easy mathematics where he who works adds up and he who retires subtracts.
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Anonymous
More Quotes By Clare Vanderpool
Maybe that was how I found comfort just then, even with him being so far away. By remembering the flavor of his words.
Eustasia Johannsen was ready. Anyone could see that. Everything about her ancient self gave evidence to it: Her skin, wrinkled and transparent... But mainly, it was her eyes. They were drawn into her face as if her memories occupied more of her sight than what...
As the ocean tugged me at my feet, i realized that Early Auden, that strangest of boys, had saved me from being swept away.
If there is such a thing as a universal--and I wasn't ready to throw all of mine out the window--it's that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you'll enjoy a...
Suddenly, the double doors of the parlor whooshed open. A large fleshy woman stood before me in full regalia. Her eyes were all made up, earrings and bracelets jangling. The sign in the window said Miss Sadie was a medium. From the look of her,...
