"For in every adult there dwells the child……" — John Connolly
"For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be."
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47 Quotes by John Connolly
John Connolly has 47 quotes on this site.
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Being scared isn't the problem. It's not running away that's the hard part.
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I believe in those whom I love and trust. All else is foolishness. This god is as empty as his…
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You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.
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You mean they killed her?" asked David. They ate her," said Brother Number One. "With porridge. That's what 'ran away…
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Once upon a time – for that is how all stories should begin – there was a boy who lost…
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It was an overcast late November morning, the grass splintered by hoarfrost, and winter grinning through the gaps in the…
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He had quite liked the dwarfs. He often had no idea what they were talking about, but for a group…
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He would talk to them of stories and books, and explain to them how stories wanted to be told and…
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Each man dreams his own heaven.
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He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them…
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I'm a ghost," said the small figure, then added, a little uncertainly, "Boo?
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I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't…
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More Adult Quotes
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Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.
— Margaret Atwood
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Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.
— Margaret Atwood
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I grew up in a family that was multifaceted, sexually oriented, and pretty much open to everything. And because I…
— Drew Barrymore
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I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard…
— Roseanne Barr
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When you're young, you're always wondering when you're actually going to feel like a grownup. And I think you probably…
— Drew Barrymore
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If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids…
— Mario Batali
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There is nothing funny about Halloween. This sarcastic festival reflects, rather, an infernal demand for revenge by children on the…
— Jean Baudrillard
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.
— Martha Beck
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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.
— Martha Beck
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Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise…
— Martha Beck
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An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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