If people fainted from too much thinking I’d scarcely ever be conscious, ” Tabitha began at once. “I think and think all the time, and I’ve never fainted — not once.” She looked over at Barney enviously. “Why do the best things always happen to other people and not to a promising writer? Margaret Mahy
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  2. It changes you for ever, but you are changing for ever anyway.

  3. For in some ways the world was like a shopping centre, and he himself was a doubtful customer, often ineffectual, being talked into buying things he didn't want, things indeed which nobody in their right mind would want to buy.

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