"One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, "The……" — Regina Doman
"One of my heroes, G.K. Chesterton, said, "The old fairy tales endure forever. The old fairy tale makes the hero a normal human boy; it is his adventures that are startling; they startle him because he is normal." Discovering that the modern world can still contain the wonder and strangeness of a fairy tale is part of what my novels are about."
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33 Quotes by Regina Doman
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The boys at school are so degenerate that it makes one feel pessimistic about the future of the male gender…
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Have you ever felt that there was something going on in life that not everyone was aware of?
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How do you say 'bring me sausage and eggs or I'll slit your throat' in Italian?" "Look it up in…
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It was Night. In most places, Night is a time for sleep, for calm, and for mystery. But not in…
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She couldn’t picture anyone falling madly in love with such a person as Fish. What a name, Fish...Fish: think cold,…
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Blanche, prosaic in a pale yellow sweater and blue jeans, was wondering again if anything mattered—-life, faith--specifically, finishing homework assignments.
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Every once in a while you just have to decide to do something very crazy and very right--just to dare…
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There was a silence. Then Paul looked at Alex. 'She knows Chesterton.' 'She lives,' said Alex.
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Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of…
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Can you imagine anything more tragic?' Rose asked. 'To be born a princess --native and to the manor born-- and…
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Do you know, I always imagine that the subway trains are dragons,' Rose said to Bear as they clung to…
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I won't get killed,' Rose protested. Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your…
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Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.
— Aristophanes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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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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I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to…
— David Attenborough
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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
— Saint Augustine
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Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason…
— Marcus Aurelius
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
— Ansel Adams
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I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.
— Christian Bale
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To die will be an awfully big adventure.
— James M. Barrie
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
— Edward Abbey
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in…
— Mary Ritter Beard
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Youth is the spirit of adventure and awakening. It is a time of physical emerging when the body attains the…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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