Nimmo Quotes & Sayings

Dad will come back,' said Charlie quietly.
When Mrs Bone turned to him, she didn't look sad at all, in fact she was smiling.
'You know, Charlie, I'm beginning to believe you,' she said. 'After what happened to Henry, I can believe almost anything. — Jenny Nimmo

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind. — Jenny Nimmo

What if you were to die today ... Tomorrow is not a promise but a chance. — Beth Nimmo

I work in a room overlooking the river. I try to get to my desk as soon as I've fed my cats and chickens. I use a blue 3B pencil and scribble away for about 20 pages before transferring it to the computer. — Jenny Nimmo

He found himself in a room not unlike the shop. All books again, packed tight on shelves or laying in piles on every surface. It was a cozy room, for all that ; it smelled of warm, rich words and very deep thoughts. — Jenny Nimmo

The travels before and after the tour are what add up to what you're doing. You are really called into service - and it's the service industry man, it's blue collar man, I'm sweating by the second song. It's construction work from that second song on. — David Lee Roth

I had written two or three books before my husband noticed that in every one of them a family member was missing. He suggested that it was because my father's death, when I was five, utterly changed my world. I can only suppose he is right and that this is the reason I am drawn to a narrative where someone's life is changed by loss. — Jenny Nimmo

There's no safety outside of God. — Beth Nimmo

I've read up on magic, and I think it sets you free, and it gives you hope. You can explore worlds you didn't know existed. It stretches your imagination, and I like my own imagination to be stretched and also the children I'm telling the story to. It gives you a sense of wonder. — Jenny Nimmo

One of the great ball-givers in the United Kingdom is Nicholas Parsons. — Derek Nimmo

Desiring is a part of dreaming. — Beth Nimmo

God is going to use me to reach the young people, I don't know how, I don't know when. — Beth Nimmo

You let their friendship continue because Maisie looks after your son while you're gallivanting around the country disguised as Sherlock Holmes - Uncle Paton Yewbeam — Jenny Nimmo

I try not to identify too strongly with any of my characters. I like to stand back and see them objectively. I think this is why I often use boys instead of girls, just in case I get too close and lose the overall picture. — Jenny Nimmo

I tend to have a very analytical mind, I'm constantly thinking about how things can be better or different. — Andy Biersack

Nicholas Parsons' time at the University of Glasgow seems to be absolutely shrouded in mystery. — Derek Nimmo

Waiting and hoping is a hard thing to do when you've already been waiting and hoping for almost as long as you can bear it. — Jenny Nimmo

Taxation being a burthen, must needs weigh lightest on each individual, when it bears upon all alike. — Jean-Baptiste Say

This will be my last year, Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank You. — Beth Nimmo

Some people in this life really enjoy being sent up and Nicholas Parsons is one of them because he's a sadomasochist. — Derek Nimmo

Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science. — Claude Bernard

I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from. — Mike Vallely

Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps. — Jenny Nimmo

My father died when I was quite small, so my uncle used to buy me books and read them to me. — Jenny Nimmo

Inspiration comes from the world around me. I'm an inveterate eavesdropper. — Jenny Nimmo

Look, you lost a tooth. Congratulations. Enjoy looking like a hillbilly. Here's a dollar, — Jim Gaffigan

It was an exceptional sensation, reading by spiderlight. — Jenny Nimmo

Eternity is not just looking to the future and our place with God in Heaven, but it is looking at our Eternity as if it were only moments away. — Beth Nimmo