"That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being……" — Eva Ibbotson
"That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is."
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28 Quotes by Eva Ibbotson
Eva Ibbotson has 28 quotes on this site.
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It was a heavenly summer, the summer in which France fell and the British Expeditionary Force was evacuated from Dunkirk.…
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It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's…
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She stood looking carefully at the labeled portraits Ursala had put up: Little Crow, Chief of the Santees, Geronimo, last…
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But she had to know words. She had to know everything.
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She's like snow in Russian," said Anna. "Snow in the evening when the sun sets and it looks like Alpengluhen,…
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And so they played some of the world's loveliest piano music - the exiled homesick girl, the humiliated, tired old…
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one of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.
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She was so intelligent that she could think herself into beauty. Intelligence...they don't talk about it much, the poets, but…
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The news should have terrified her, but it was difficult to be frightened of anything when she was sitting so…
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This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song…
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Herr Altenburg, I can't; I have vertigo.' And Marek looked at him: 'All right - I'll get the chemist to…
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Not a frog, I hope?” he asked…She shook her head. “No. And if it was I wouldn’t kiss it, I…
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
— Jane Austen
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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