Mr Claypole Quotes & Sayings

If you're too busy worrying about what might be, you forget to enjoy what you have. — Barbara Claypole White

One day, Oliver and Noah had descended into the kitchen at the usual dinner-hour, to banquet upon a small joint of mutton - a pound and a half of the worst end of the neck - when Charlotte being called out of the way, there ensued a brief interval of time, which Noah Claypole, being hungry and vicious, considered he could not possibly devote to a worthier purpose than aggravating and tantalising young Oliver Twist. Intent upon this innocent amusement, Noah put his feet on the table-cloth; and pulled Oliver's hair; and twitched his ears; and expressed his opinion that he was a 'sneak'; and furthermore announced his intention of coming to see him hanged, whenever that desirable event should take place; and entered upon various topics of petty annoyance, like a malicious and ill-conditioned charity-boy as he was. But, — Charles Dickens

Failure was always an option, because the knowledge that you couldn't win every time gave you the courage to try. — Barbara Claypole White

CHAPTER XLV NOAH CLAYPOLE IS EMPLOYED BY FAGIN ON A SECRET MISSION — Charles Dickens

Amazing how people saw what they wanted to see without taking the time to look. — Barbara Claypole White

What-ifs multiplied like a combat-ready squad of Star Trek Tribbles: cute, furry, and armed with bazookas. — Barbara Claypole White

There is no reprieve when you have a broken mind; cease-fires are rare. Even on good days,
you know everything could change on a dime. Fear is your constant shadow — Barbara Claypole White

You're never truly lost if someone cares enough to come find you. Lost is waiting to be found. — Barbara Claypole White