"Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists,……" — Jonathan Stroud
"Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them."
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72 Quotes by Jonathan Stroud
Jonathan Stroud has 72 quotes on this site.
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Haven't you done enough for a lifetime? Think about it—two power—crazed magicians killed, a hundred power—crazed magicians saved…
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So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.
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That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small…
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We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question…
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That's usuаllу hоw thеу start, thе young оnеs. Meaningless waffle.
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I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go…
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When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would…
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As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a…
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As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they…
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The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to…
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When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every…
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Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.
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It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the…
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have…
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Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the…
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Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular…
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While editors and newspaper owners currently fret over shrinking readership and lost profits, they do the one thing that insures…
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My hair has never been my greatest feature, so that was funny enough unto itself that my hair became so…
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I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization.
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Chins are exclusively a human feature, not to be found among the beasts. Ithey had chins, most animals would look…
— Malcolm De Chazal
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Public charities and benevolent associations for the gratuitous relief of every species of distress, are peculiar to Christianity; no other…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding…
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