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David Almond Quotes

Themes around education and learning run through my work Picture Quote #1

It’s always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings, but politicians just want economic units Picture Quote #1

I know I’m writing better now than I ever did for adults because I’m writing for an audience who know that they don’t know everything Picture Quote #1

This is our world. Aye, there’s more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there’s all this joy, Kit. There’s all this lovely, lovely light Picture Quote #1

Truth and dreams are always getting muddled Picture Quote #1

Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep Picture Quote #1

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And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do! Picture Quote #1

The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53 Picture Quote #1

We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of light, like stars, like flies, like flakes of dust Picture Quote #1

Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing Picture Quote #1

Then what shall I write? I can’t just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I’ll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing Picture Quote #1

We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our lives. There are moments of great joy and magic. The most astounding things can lie waiting as each day dawns, as each page turns Picture Quote #1

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A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference Picture Quote #1

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page Picture Quote #1

We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine Picture Quote #1

My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two Picture Quote #1

Its always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings, but politicians just want economic units Picture Quote #1

Maybe we’re all in somebody’s dream. Maybe everything’s a dream, and nothing else Picture Quote #1

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There’s light and joy, but there’s also darkness all around and we can be lost in it Picture Quote #1

Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you’re off on a journy of exploration and discovery Picture Quote #1

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Themes around education and learning run through my work (David Almond Quotes) It’s always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings, but politicians just want economic units. (David Almond Quotes) I know I’m writing better now than I ever did for adults because I’m writing for an audience who know that they don’t know everything. (David Almond Quotes) This is our world. Aye, there’s more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there’s all this joy, Kit. There’s all this lovely, lovely light (David Almond Quotes) Truth and dreams are always getting muddled (David Almond Quotes) Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep (David Almond Quotes) And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do! (David Almond Quotes) The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53 (David Almond Quotes) We come to a lamp beside the pathway, and suddenly we stop walking, and we start to dance, and we glitter in the shafts of light, like stars, like flies, like flakes of dust (David Almond Quotes) Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing (David Almond Quotes) Then what shall I write? I can’t just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I’ll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing (David Almond Quotes) We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our lives. There are moments of great joy and magic. The most astounding things can lie waiting as each day dawns, as each page turns (David Almond Quotes) A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference (David Almond Quotes) The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page (David Almond Quotes) We have to allow ourselves to see what there is to see, and we have to imagine (David Almond Quotes) My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two (David Almond Quotes) Its always been the case that politicians want different things from children than good educators do. Good educators want imaginative, exploratory beings, but politicians just want economic units (David Almond Quotes) Maybe we’re all in somebody’s dream. Maybe everything’s a dream, and nothing else (David Almond Quotes) There’s light and joy, but there’s also darkness all around and we can be lost in it (David Almond Quotes) Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you’re off on a journy of exploration and discovery (David Almond Quotes)