Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes
On the morning of the fourth day, Jamie tipped a switchblade out of his box of cornflakes. “I think these promotional campaigns have really got out of hand,” he said, freezing with his hand on the milk carton. “One shiny free knife with every packet of cereal bought is not a good message to send out to the kiddies.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.
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In the winter I separate, in the summer I marry. It's been 15 years since I've been getting married every year.
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The spirits that I summoned upI now can't rid myself of.
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The NIH syndrome (Not Invented Here) is a disease.
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BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.
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I am imprinted with the whole sense of European history, especially German history, going back to World War I, which really destroyed all the old values and culture. My grandparents had been reasonably well-off but they became quite poor, living in an attic apartment.
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Donald Trump has been rejecting the idea of trade agreements like NAFTA, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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There is no risk involved.
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On the morning of the fourth day, Jamie tipped a switchblade out of his box of cornflakes. “I think these promotional campaigns have really got out of hand,” he said, freezing with his hand on the milk carton. “One shiny free knife with every packet of cereal bought is not a good message to send out to the kiddies.
