Nancy Farmer Quotes

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• Quests always have their ups and downs,' rumbled the giant. 'The point is never to give up, even if you're falling off a cliff. You…
• Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.
• If I had a soul, I’d probably wind up in hell anyway.
• Always choose your bodyguard from another country, they find it harder to make alliance and betray you.
• The other girls in the village never felt restless. Nhamo was like a pot of boiling water. 'I want...I want...,' she whispered to herself, but…
• I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's…
• The high point of your life was when you knocked me down
• He has his good side and his bad side. Very dark indeed is his majesty when he wants to be. When he was young, he…
• Does is make the dragon happy?" Matt asked. "Does is make the dragon happy?" echoed Tam Lin. "Why, I never thought of that. I suppose…
• People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and…
• Patience and love can do anything.
• Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.
• Slow people are just paying close attention.
• A little extra forgiveness never hurts," said Matt, quoting one of Celia's favorite sayings.
• Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.
• Tam Lin says rabbits give up when they're caught by coyotes [...]. He says they consent to die because their animals and can't understand hope.…
• That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.
• But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.
• You don’t have a soul, so you can’t be baptized. All animals are like that. I think it’s unfair and sometimes I don’t believe it.…
• Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.

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