Parenting Quote by Patric Juillet

“what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock, Father.” “Even worse!” quote by Patric Juillet — Download Open image

““what were you doing there at ten o’clock at night when all good Catholic boys are fast asleep?” “It was eleven o’clock, Father.” “Even worse!””

Patric Juillet

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“Crabs and medusas were my natural enemies. Crabs because I once got bitten on my bum as I had fallen asleep on a rock…

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“it is my duty to report the following description, mainly because if ugliness was a sin, Madame Catina’s chances of reaching heaven would be…

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“The Gruyère cousins were waiters from a nearby village. It wasn’t their real name. Eloise had nicknamed them Gruyère because they were forgetful, you…

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“In short, I could be bought for a giant plate of sardines,”

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“ • On dunces: in the old days, if you were found out to be a dunce on any given subject you would have been asked to don a donkey hat for an hour, and made to stand to the right of the blackboard with your back to the class, dodging an array of projectiles -bits of erasers, paper planes, dried snot…

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“I took out the round, crusty bread and made a hole in the centre with my thumb. Then I opened the tin of sardines with the little key that came with it, carefully twisting it sideways, smartly avoiding the released oil spurt. I poured the contents into the hole in the bread, gently spreading the sardines in tomato sauce evenly…

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“But I knew this much: how could anyone with half a brain would want to live in a vast, cold place like Russia which…

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“The Holy Ghost? What was a Holy Ghost? A ghost with upper connections? A sacred linen sheet with holes for eyes that roamed around…

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“In ancient Greece, some people did that for a living. They would just sit on a tree branch or a stone bench and ponder,…

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“ • On dogs: dogs are cleverer than we think. Everything in their world is indexed and catalogued, taking no one and nothing for granted and…

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“and Fanfan, a single pen must be used, you understand what I’m saying?” “Yes, Monsieur Noiraud,” I said. I knew very well what he…

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