January 2011
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“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is...”
– John Keating, Dead Poet’s Society
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I don't need no-one else: Little Red Riding Hood... →
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“That’s wrong!” cried Wolf. “Have you forgot To tell me what BIG TEETH I’ve got? Ah well, no matter what you say, I’m going to eat you anyway.” The small girl smiles. One eyelid flickers. She whips a pistol from her knickers. She aims it at the creature’s head And bang bang bang, she shoots him dead. A few weeks later, in the wood, I came across Miss Riding Hood. But what a change!...
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“In which case I pray that no F.B.I. agent, criminal profiler or (worst of all)...”
– The Perils of Literary Profiling - NYTimes.com
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This was a post by Hanna, who wants cake and a dark blue dress. She is currently reading this book.
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8 Roald Dahl Stories That Ought To Be Films But... →
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“I have a passion for teaching kids to become readers, to become comfortable with...”
– Roald Dahl (via prettybooks)
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“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute...”
– Roald Dahl
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“We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.”
– Roald Dahl
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“Trees’re always a relief, after people.”
– Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
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This was a post by Hanna, who is angry at what she’s seeing on the news. She thanks the universe for this book, the dinner she just had, her literature classes, the job she’s been hired to do, the new house that she’s about to move into, fantastic friends, and the boy in the hooded jacket who is sitting next to her.
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“In his last four years he had seen any number of bedrooms like this, dotted...”
– One Day, David Nicholls
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“God damn it…there are nice things in the world—and I mean nice things. We’re all...”
– Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger, 1955
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“The witching hour, somebody had once whispered to her, was a special moment in...”
– The BFG, Roald Dahl
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“Pom-piddely-om-pom-pom-pom-pom-pom-piddely-om, pom-piddely-om.”
– Danny the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl
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“Sometimes, I look outside, and I think that a lot of other people have seen this...”
– The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
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