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It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.

Samuel Youd

And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.

Samuel Youd

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

Samuel Youd

I think before I act—and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.

Samuel Youd

There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy.

Samuel Youd

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.

Samuel Youd

We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.

Samuel Youd

As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense.

Samuel Youd

Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is remembering that evidence and holding to it against all that seems to challenge or contradict it.

Samuel Youd

You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.

Samuel Youd

Samuel Youd

Samuel Youd

Born: April 16, 1922

Died: February 3, 2012 (aged 89)

Bio: Christopher Samuel Youd, known as Samuel Youd, was a British author, best known for his science fiction writings under the pseudonym John Christopher. Youd also wrote under his own name, and under the following additional pseudonyms: Stanley Winchester, Hilary Ford, William Godfrey, William Vine, Peter Graaf, Peter Nichols, and Anthony Rye.

Known for:

The Tripods (1984)
The White Mountains (1967)
The Death of Grass (1956)
The Pool of Fire (1968)
The Guardians (1970)

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