Ataliba Castilho Quotes & Sayings

We're all afraid," she said firmly ... "But that didn't stop us. — Lemony Snicket

Life took longer to reassemble than it did to blow apart, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be lovely, providing that one remembered to go for country walks, and to tune the wireless to music. — Chris Cleave

Still. Four words.
And I didn't realize it until a couple of days ago, when someone wrote in to my blog:
Dear Neil,
If you could choose a quote - either by you or another author - to be inscribed on the wall of a public library children's area, what would it be?
Thanks!
Lynn
I pondered a bit. I'd said a lot about books and kids' reading over the years, and other people had said things pithier and wiser than I ever could. And then it hit me, and this is what I wrote:
I'm not sure I'd put a quote up, if it was me, and I had a library wall to deface. I think I'd just remind people of the power of stories, and why they exist in the first place. I'd put up the four words that anyone telling a story wants to hear. The ones that show that it's working, and that pages will be turned:
... and then what happened? — Neil Gaiman

I remember reading 'The Hobbit' on a car trip from Ohio to Mississippi and getting out at a rest-stop in Mississippi and feeling jet-lagged at my return from Middle-earth. — Garth Risk Hallberg

Bold preaching is the only preaching that is owned of God. — Horatius Bonar

Was terrified, and logic meant nothing when you were scared. — Kim Harrison

There is always a harmonious solution ... If you stand back and give yourself time to find it. — David Robertson

Detaching does not mean we don't care. It means we learn to love, care, and be involved without going crazy. — Melody Beattie

The miraculous is always happening, even though we forget it or even when our faith is too small to trust God for miracles or even when we don't see the miracles occurring. God is always still at work, and God will always provide for us. — Louie Giglio

Whoever was there is gone now," Booker said on his way back down the stairs. "Are you all right, sugar?"
I took the towel he handed me. My eyes narrowed. "I will be once the heart attack you gave me subsides."
"I have that effect on all the girls."

- Booker & Aubree, A Perfect Mess — Zoe Dawson

Paper qualification is no longer enough in today's competitive society. You need skills that people will pay for. — Emi Iyalla

Knowing and knowing what to do about it were two different things. — Richard Russo