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There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.
Kate Seredy
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To have known the man was even as great a treat as to read his books. Lewis Carroll was as unlike any other man as his books were unlike any other author's books. It was a relief to meet the pure simple, innocent dreamer of children, after the selfish commercial mind of most authors.
Harry Furniss
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The thing to be wished for, is not that the mountains should become easier, but that men should become wiser and stronger.
Edward Whymper
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Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident.
Walter Goodman
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Part of my passion for all things Christmas is seeing my holiday stuff again every December. I suppose I do have more than most folks, so the reunion each winter keeps me in the holiday spirit for a full year. And there are always a few pieces out in my house whatever the month.
Mary Engelbreit
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I hope the time will never come when I shall feel satisfied. To reach the goal of one's ambitions must be tragic.
N. C. Wyeth
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Writers were a strange sort; I knew that much from the newspapers.
Chris Priestley
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There is an implied warranty that a commissioned work should last a lifetime. There is to be no charge.
Maxfield Parrish
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Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.
Wally Wood
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No matter what part of nature one studies — microbes or Milky Ways — there is a point where one begins, but never an end.
H. A. Rey
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One day I gave Clifford a bath. And I combed his hair and took hom to the dog show. I'd like to say Clifford won first prize...but he didn't. I don't care. You can keep all your small dogs. You can keep all your black, white, brown, and spotted dogs. I'll keep Clifford...Wouldn't you?
Norman Bridwell
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Everything that I have told you is, of course, a fairy tale. Life is magical, after all. Nothing is safe and everything changes.
Trina Schart Hyman
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One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see.
Ezra Jack Keats
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You are all perfectly correct in your implications that we would be safer if we stayed home in our rooms...But we would also be duller, stupider, and, finally, sadder. If you want to avoid danger, don't get born. Once you are born, make something of it!
Chris Raschka
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The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the morning and she watched the sun set in the evening. Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before... but the Little House stayed just the same.
Virginia Lee Burton
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There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it comes in many forms.
James Gurney
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Let's stick together." "Well, you're going to have to wait here for me there: I'm going to the bathroom." "But how long are you going to be?" "Oh, three hours?" "Rocky...
Georgia Byng
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An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart.
Uri Shulevitz
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The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!
Ellen Raskin
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Facts are the barren branches on which we hang the dear, obscuring foliage of our dreams.
Natalie Babbitt
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To marry and have children is the ideal life for a woman. What career could ever be as fine? To give the world splendid men and women-isn't that the noblest thing a woman could possibly do?
Jessie Willcox Smith
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She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.
Grace Lin
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When they had eventually calmed down a bit, and had gotten home, Mr. Duncan put the magic pebble in an iron safe. Some day they might want to use it, but really, for now, what more could they wish for? They all had all that they wanted.
William Steig
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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: The simple things last; they are repeated over and over by each generation.
Philip Reeve
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I find a particular delight in taking the caricature as far as I can. It satisfies me to stretch the human frame about and recreate it and yet keep a likeness.
Gerald Scarfe
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