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John Christopher Quotes

In the early stages of writing children’s books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys’ books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that Picture Quote #1

The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it’s something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for Picture Quote #1

His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold Picture Quote #1

Some people are oil and water Picture Quote #1

There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain Picture Quote #1

It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings Picture Quote #1

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What men do matters more than what they know Picture Quote #1

And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass Picture Quote #1

What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by Picture Quote #1

There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy Picture Quote #1

We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future Picture Quote #1

I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them Picture Quote #1

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We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies Picture Quote #1

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat Picture Quote #1

The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one’s own strength but in the exploitation of the other side’s weaknesses Picture Quote #1

Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis Picture Quote #1

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In the early stages of writing children’s books, an experienced lady editor said that while girls read boys’ books, the converse was not true, and I may have been influenced by that. (John Christopher Quotes) The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it’s something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for. (John Christopher Quotes) His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold (John Christopher Quotes) Some people are oil and water (John Christopher Quotes) There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain (John Christopher Quotes) It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings (John Christopher Quotes) What men do matters more than what they know (John Christopher Quotes) And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass (John Christopher Quotes) What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by (John Christopher Quotes) There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy (John Christopher Quotes) We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future (John Christopher Quotes) I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them (John Christopher Quotes) We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies (John Christopher Quotes) You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat (John Christopher Quotes) The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one’s own strength but in the exploitation of the other side’s weaknesses (John Christopher Quotes) Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis (John Christopher Quotes)