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Aidan Chambers Quotes

I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time Picture Quote #1

I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well Picture Quote #1

You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope Picture Quote #1

Doing anything when you’re bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing Picture Quote #1

We resent being faced with facts we’d prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven’t Picture Quote #1

Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes Picture Quote #1

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I thought how lovely and how strange a river is Picture Quote #1

You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it Picture Quote #1

The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you Picture Quote #1

And trust dies from ifs and buts Picture Quote #1

I cannot live without reading Picture Quote #1

Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go? Picture Quote #1

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Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away Picture Quote #1

History dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past Picture Quote #1

He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing Picture Quote #1

All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever. Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it’s possible to love someone? Picture Quote #1

And when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive. Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist Picture Quote #1

Rooms are a fixed size, which can’t be altered without pulling down walls and building new ones. They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who’s in them Picture Quote #1

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A joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror a terror that excites an excitement that calms a calmness that frightens Picture Quote #1

When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings Picture Quote #1

I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don’t do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again Picture Quote #1

You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own Picture Quote #1

If a boy, if a man, asks you if you’re all right and you say yes, he’ll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It’s just the way they’re made Picture Quote #1

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You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope Picture Quote #1

Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are Picture Quote #1

We resent being faced with facts we’d prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven’t Picture Quote #1

Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists Picture Quote #1

Doing anything when you’re bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing Picture Quote #1

There are times when you don’t know yourself. There are times when you don’t want to know yourself. There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before Picture Quote #1

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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time. (Aidan Chambers Quotes) I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page - sometimes every word as well. (Aidan Chambers Quotes) You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope. (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Doing anything when you’re bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing. (Aidan Chambers Quotes) We resent being faced with facts we’d prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven’t. (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes (Aidan Chambers Quotes) I thought how lovely and how strange a river is (Aidan Chambers Quotes) You become a reader by reading the literature, not by reading the handbooks about it (Aidan Chambers Quotes) The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you (Aidan Chambers Quotes) And trust dies from ifs and buts (Aidan Chambers Quotes) I cannot live without reading (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Is it better to go with the flow or let the flow go? (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away (Aidan Chambers Quotes) History dies without the present. There is no future without the path made to it by the past (Aidan Chambers Quotes) He thought: How difficult it is to explain yourself to yourself. Sometimes there only is, and no knowing (Aidan Chambers Quotes) All the time I think I can never love you more than I already do. And then you do something or say something, and I love you more than ever. Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it’s possible to love someone? (Aidan Chambers Quotes) And when someone else speaks your name you feel pleased. You feel wanted. You feel there. Alive. Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Rooms are a fixed size, which can’t be altered without pulling down walls and building new ones. They should be unchanging in shape and proportions. But sometimes they do change depending on who’s in them (Aidan Chambers Quotes) A joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror a terror that excites an excitement that calms a calmness that frightens (Aidan Chambers Quotes) When you are in your teenage years you are consciously experiencing everything for the first time, so adolescent stories are all beginnings. There are never any endings (Aidan Chambers Quotes) I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Sometimes the course of our lives depends on what we do or don’t do in a few seconds, a heartbeat, when we either seize the opportunity, or just miss it. Miss the moment and you never get a chance again (Aidan Chambers Quotes) You get to be wiser by storying the world and seeing it through other forms of consciousness than your own (Aidan Chambers Quotes) If a boy, if a man, asks you if you’re all right and you say yes, he’ll always believe you and get on with what he wants to do. It’s just the way they’re made (Aidan Chambers Quotes) You have to know your own truth and stick to it. And never despair. Never give up. There’s always hope (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Life is not like a novel, but a novel can be like life. The best ones always are (Aidan Chambers Quotes) We resent being faced with facts we’d prefer to ignore as much as being wrongly accused of doing something we haven’t (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Belief means willing yourself to give all your attention to living with loving gladness in the world you think really exists (Aidan Chambers Quotes) Doing anything when you’re bored is very very boring. Anyway, doing nothing is the point of being bored. The pleasure of being bored ismooning about and doing nothing (Aidan Chambers Quotes) There are times when you don’t know yourself. There are times when you don’t want to know yourself. There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before (Aidan Chambers Quotes)

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