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Quotes by New-zealander Authors
"It took me a long time, but I don't feel as anxious about stupid things anymore - or perhaps they've just been replaced by more complicated stupid things."
"She blew out a breath between gritted teeth. "Sometimes I really want to-a frustrated sound-"bite you! He froze. "I might let you. "I won't do it if you'd enjoy it."
"Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it."
"For crissakes, you're the frickin' poster boy for DarkRiver with your 'Gee, shucks, I'm harmless' act."Dorian was used to being ribbed about his looks. With his blond hair and blue eyes, he looked more like a surfer hanging out for the right wave than blooded DarkRiver sentinel."Look who's talking, Miss Bikini Babe 2067."
"I'd like to say from the beginning that the 12 years I've been coming here, I've met unfailing courtesy and cooperation, courtesy from your people and cooperation from the Ministry of Information."
"The peacemaker must have the strongest heart and the toughest will in the room."
"I don't think I prefer writing for one age group above another. I am just as pleased with a story which I feel works well for very small children as I do with a story for young adults."
"The truth is that I am enslaved... in one vast love affair with 70 children."
"Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different."
"They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to my own experience of a wide variety of people."
"The fear is like metal on my tongue-I've known him but a fragment of time, and yet I'm certain if I accept his suit, it will destroy a part of me when he leaves.Keir reached forward to tuck her hair behind her ear. "We're all a little broken. Quiet. Potent. "No one goes through life with a whole heart."
"I might be on the fence about this life, but I 'm not and will never be on the fence about you. I will fight for you."
"I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all."
"After this is over, I want a shower in a really big bathroom.""I'll get us the penthouse.""What makes you think you'll be sharing it with me?""I live in hope."
"I don't see a benefit in accepting every single little morsel of work that comes along because I think in essence what you're doing is you're raping yourself really."
"There's only so much you can do until you get on set and see the aesthetics of what you're dealing with. Then you see what the other players are giving to you. It's all about the transfer of energy between different actors."
"Writing for young children I find I often use particular jokes with words and exaggerated, funny events, but some of these haunt the more complex stories for older children too."
"The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces."
"It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's."
"The entrance into Jerusalem has all the elements of the theatre of the absurd: the poor king; truth comes riding on a donkey; symbolic actions - even parading without a permit!"
"There is no glory in war, yet from the blackness of its history, there emerge vivid colours of human character and courage. Those who risked their lives to help their friends."
"If the market is left to sort matters out, social injustice will be heightened and suffering in the community will grow with the neglect the market fosters."
"As a teenager I had no idea that I had the potential to win an Olympic gold medal and my athletic career developed only by lucky circumstances."
"Once, he hadn't been able to touch her without causing himself pain. Now, it only hurt when he didn't touch her."
"What music do you like? he asked between calls."Cheery, chirpy pop.Wincing, he pulled up a station that delivered exactly that. "You owe me."Come on-she turned in her seat to face him once more-"it's not that bad."I'm sorry? I can't hear you past the sugar blocking my eardrums."
"Under her palm, his heart beat strong and sure. It was such a human sound, so honest, so real."
"In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last."
"Ellis's understanding of himself and the world around him certainly develops because of his adventures, and part of that development comes through recognizing other people for what they are."
"I am still in shock and awe at being fired."
"When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time."
"If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed."
"We don't want to deal with a separatist party."
"I've never heard of a man's cock being described as a fang before. - Rapahel"
"There's not much left inside me, Max" Sometimes, all she heard were echoes."
"At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young."
"I was diagnosed with the illness right before the 1995 World Cup."
"NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women."
"You should never bet against anything in science at odds of more than about 1012 to 1."
"And if you're getting a poll coming out month after month saying something and then all of a sudden does an enormous swing in one direction - you are dealing with a more volatile electorate than most people believe they have."
"When I was a child I had a best friend who lived across the road from me. When her mother died unexpectedly it was like losing a member of my own family. I think I am still affected by the memory of that loss."
"I have something for you."Yeah? What? Is it shiny?They both waited until Indigo had jogged away before resuming their conversation. "So, Riley asked, "what have you got for me? Taking his hand, she placed it palm-down over her heart. It would hurt like a bitch, she thought, but he was hers to protect as much as she was his. "Me. And she opened up her soul, laid herself bare."
"Emotion without reason lets people walk all over you, reason without emotion is a mask for cruelty."
"I look into my heart and see the abyss looking back at me.''I won't let you fall."
"Mercy laughed. "You have to excuse them-boys suffer from an incurable disability. "What? "Testosterone."
"Flirt with him if you want, Honor, but you're mine."
"I don't want to be your snack, your chew-toy, your fuck-buddy. Find a vampire to sink your fang into."
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