"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around……" — Margaret Mahy
"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are."
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40 Quotes by Margaret Mahy
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I am really chained to my computer these days so I work in my bedroom, which is a room I…
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When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother…
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Fear can give you urgent wings.
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Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I…
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Anyone interested in the world generally can't help being interested in young adult culture - in the music, the bands,…
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Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen…
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My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is…
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Perhaps every time anyone is praised it means that someone else somewhere is going to be ignored
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Every writer has to find their own way into writing.
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Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of…
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I've never actually been a fighter myself - fighting tires me out and I'm not an efficient fighter anyway -…
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When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has…
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All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the…
— Neil Armstrong
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Most of the memorable events I have myself been exercised in; and, for the satisfaction of the public, will briefly…
— Daniel Boone
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I don't know if I always want to be in front of the camera. I love producing, I love the…
— Sandra Bullock
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Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Gullibility is the key to all adventures. The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he who gets…
— Helen Keller
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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart…
— Laurence Sterne
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Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only…
— Richard Bach
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In the year 2000, the solar water heater behind me, which is being dedicated today, will still be here supplying…
— Jimmy Carter
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Without adventure civilization is in full decay. ... The great fact [is] that in their day the great achievements of…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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Adventures don't begin until you get into the forest. That first step is an act of faith.
— Mickey Hart
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I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.
— A. J. Jacobs
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Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell…
— Vaclav Havel
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