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One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ”
Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again? ”
You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. ”
Some people care too much. I think it's called love. ”
Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being. ”
Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the thing you can't hear, and not bothering. ”
If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name. ”
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking. ”
Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up. ”
I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first. ”