"That's the trouble with a story spinner. You……" — Philip Reeve
"That's the trouble with a story spinner. You never know what's real and what's made up. Even when they are telling the truth, they can't stop themselves from spinning it into something better; something prettier, with more of a pattern to it."
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14 Quotes by Philip Reeve
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That's what History teaches us, I think, that life goes on, even though individuals die and whole civilizations crumble away:…
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he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of…
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But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of…
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The one thing worse than an enemy is a friend turned false.
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Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.
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Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't…
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You aren't a hero and I'm not beautiful and we probably won't live happily ever after " she said. "But…
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Godshawk looked surprised, the way that people generally do when you ask them philosophical questions in shrubberies in the middle…
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It was a dark, blustery afternoon in spring, and the city of London was chasing a small mining town across…
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I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to…
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