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> [“In all our times together so far, this was the first time I felt we were enjoying ourselves, without strain or any sense of difference of age or deference, concession or inequality. It was, I thought afterwards, the first time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/in-all-our-times-together-so-far-this-was-the-first-time-i-felt-we/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

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## More by Aidan Chambers

> [We resent being faced with facts we'd prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/we-resent-being-faced-with-facts-we-d-prefer-to-ignore-as-much-as/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [“Readers are made by readers. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/readers-are-made-by-readers/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/i-will-not-compromise-on-language-or-content-at-15-people-can-handle/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [“I don't know, I can't quite get it." "Don't try. It's just words." " Just words?" "Just words! We love them so much, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/i-don-t-know-i-can-t-quite-get-it-don-t-try-it-s-just-words-just/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/you-become-a-reader-by-reading-the-literature-not-by-reading-the/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/i-huff-and-puff-and-struggle-with-every-sentence-paragraph-and-page/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/life-is-not-like-a-novel-but-a-novel-can-be-like-life-the-best-ones/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [History dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/history-dies-without-the-present-there-is-no-future-without-the-path/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [How do I think of you? As someone I want to be with. As someone as young as me, but "older," if that makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/how-do-i-think-of-you-as-someone-i-want-to-be-with-as-someone-as/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [I thought how lovely and how strange a river is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/i-thought-how-lovely-and-how-strange-a-river-is/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself. Never give it all. You can never be yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/however-much-you-love-somebody-you-should-always-keep-a-part-of/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/all-the-time-i-think-i-can-never-love-you-more-than-i-already-do-and/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/is-it-better-to-go-with-the-flow-or-let-the-flow-go/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [ “No, but still, the fact is, at least this is how it seems to me, everybody has to learn about it \[love\] from scratch… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/no-but-still-the-fact-is-at-least-this-is-how-it-seems-to-me/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

> [Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aidan-chambers/self-pity-is-a-disease-which-does-not-kill-but-corrodes/)

[Aidan Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aidan-chambers/)

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