Matou Ruml Quotes & Sayings

Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt to read those books. I want to write books with the same power to transport readers into another time and place. — Jennifer Armstrong

Dreaming is free... why didn't I take all I could get? — James Andrew Wilson

Encouragement from any source is like a drop of rain upon a parched desert. Thanks to all the many others who rained on me when I needed it, and even when I foolishly thought I didn't.
(acknowledgements in The P.U.R.E.) — Claire Gillian

We all have prejudices to dispel: the need to get away from thinking that 'I' am important and special and 'you' are not, and the frightened mindset that tells us that certain 'others' are of no consequence. — Ingrid Newkirk

I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare. — Lesley Nicol

He who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice. — Mary Astell

The sobbing of the weak today is the sobbing of the victims of neoliberal policies. They consist of billions of people all over the world. — Tariq Ali

In view of the experience I had acquired in the field of chemical industry, certain Italian government and industrial bodies entrusted me in 1938 with the task of instituting research and development studies on the production of synthetic rubber in Italy. — Giulio Natta

Smile at a stranger. See what happens. — Patti LuPone

Life in this world is short. Let us make use of our lives in the pursuit of happiness and not trouble. — Tunku Abdul Rahman

But if believers are to grow in Christlikeness, they must be continually filled with the Spirit - allowing His power to permeate their lives so that all they think, say, and do reflects His divine presence. — John F. MacArthur Jr.