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David Almond quotes: Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything

Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything

David Almond quotes: Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.

Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.

David Almond quotes: There's light and joy, but there's also darkness all around and we can be lost in it.

There's light and joy, but there's also darkness all around and we can be lost in it.

David Almond quotes: Death is hungry and Destruction is determined and it does not like its intended victims to get away.

Death is hungry and Destruction is determined and it does not like its intended victims to get away.

David Almond quotes: If you can imagine doing something, then you can do it.

If you can imagine doing something, then you can do it.

David Almond quotes: Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.

Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.

David Almond quotes: We are all wanderers and travellers, refugees and pilgrims until we return once more to the stars.

We are all wanderers and travellers, refugees and pilgrims until we return once more to the stars.

David Almond quotes: I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne, as so many of us were back then.

I was born in a hovel on the banks of the Tyne, as so many of us were back then.

David Almond quotes: This might be heaven!We might be living in heaven right now! And we might be the angels!

This might be heaven!
We might be living in heaven right now!
And we might be the angels!

David Almond quotes: The world will be our oyster. We'll be wandering stars. We'll be footloose and free.

The world will be our oyster. We'll be wandering stars. We'll be footloose and free.

David Almond quotes: I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

David Almond quotes: Nobody. Mr nobody. Mr bones and mr had enough and mr arthur itis. Now get out and leave me alone.

Nobody. Mr nobody. Mr bones and mr had enough and mr arthur itis. Now get out and leave me alone.

David Almond quotes: You're my best boy. Whatever happens, you'll always be my best boy.

You're my best boy. Whatever happens, you'll always be my best boy.

David Almond quotes: Can love help a person to get better?' I asked.

Can love help a person to get better?' I asked.

David Almond quotes: I am Billy Dean. This is the truth. This is my tail.

I am Billy Dean. This is the truth. This is my tail.

David Almond quotes: Sometimes children must be left alone to be still and silent, and to do.

Sometimes children must be left alone to be still and silent, and to do.

David Almond quotes: I won't ask for enything mor complicated today as I don't wish to further disapoynt myself.

I won't ask for enything mor complicated today as I don't wish to further disapoynt myself.

David Almond quotes: I woke up and knew he was gone. Straightaway I knew he was gone. When you love somebody you know these things.

I woke up and knew he was gone.
Straightaway I knew he was gone. When you love somebody you know these things.

David Almond quotes: The letters make words and words make us.

The letters make words and words make us.

David Almond quotes: In the end she just said ... All I did was to run away for a few minutes! All I wanted was to be free!

In the end she just said ... All I did was to run away for a few minutes! All I wanted was to be free!

David Almond quotes: You must live in peace," he told us. "We are only in this world for a short period of vivid and wonderful waking in an eternity of dreamless dark.

You must live in peace," he told us. "We are only in this world for a short period of vivid and wonderful waking in an eternity of dreamless dark.

David Almond quotes: All of us can do what we like.""No we can't. You're stupid if you think so.

All of us can do what we like."
"No we can't. You're stupid if you think so.

David Almond quotes: We thought a little longer, and in the end we simply called her Joy.

We thought a little longer, and in the end we simply called her Joy.

David Almond quotes: The beauties of the North seemed to be intensified by the loss we had experienced there, and they drew us back to them.

The beauties of the North seemed to be intensified by the loss we had experienced there, and they drew us back to them.

David Almond quotes: Themes around education and learning run through my work.

Themes around education and learning run through my work.

David Almond quotes: How can you turn yourself into something you want to be when you're alredy what you are?

How can you turn yourself into something you want to be when you're alredy what you are?

David Almond quotes: The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by the blank page.

David Almond quotes: He narrows his eyes."Is this true?" He sighs. "It is, isn't it? That's all I need.

He narrows his eyes.
"Is this true?" He sighs. "It is, isn't it? That's all I need.

David Almond quotes: Look at the earth and you think it's solid," he said. "But look deeper and you'll see it's riddled with tunnels. A warren. A labyrinth.

Look at the earth and you think it's solid," he said. "But look deeper and you'll see it's riddled with tunnels. A warren. A labyrinth.

David Almond quotes: She points at my chest."And much more interestingly, what's that?""Blood," I say.She gets her camera out.

She points at my chest.
"And much more interestingly, what's that?"
"Blood," I say.
She gets her camera out.

David Almond quotes: A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

David Almond quotes: I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.

David Almond quotes: The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53

The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53

David Almond quotes: It was great to see the owls," I said.She smiled."Yes. They're wild things, of course. Killers, savages. They're wonderful.

It was great to see the owls," I said.
She smiled.
"Yes. They're wild things, of course. Killers, savages. They're wonderful.

David Almond quotes: Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing else.

Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing else.

David Almond quotes: What is the purpose of living if there are no perils to be encountered and overcome?

What is the purpose of living if there are no perils to be encountered and overcome?

David Almond quotes: Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you see what you're looking at more clearly. Did you know that?

Drawing makes you look at the world more closely. It helps you see what you're looking at more clearly. Did you know that?

David Almond quotes: We roamed between the angels and the eagles. Bats flickered against the starry sky. Moonlight poured down

We roamed between the angels and the eagles. Bats flickered against the starry sky. Moonlight poured down

David Almond quotes: more 27 and 53,'i said. 'Food of the gods,' he said

more 27 and 53,'i said. 'Food of the gods,' he said

David Almond quotes: The season of evil," I echoed. "Protect your soul.

The season of evil," I echoed. "Protect your soul.

David Almond quotes: And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!

David Almond quotes: The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.

The sounds and rhythms of words are really important to me.

David Almond quotes: It's so strange: grown-ups trying to become young, young ones trying to grow up and all the time, whatever people want, time moves forward, forward.

It's so strange: grown-ups trying to become young, young ones trying to grow up and all the time, whatever people want, time moves forward, forward.

David Almond quotes: Maybe poets get to you best when you're sort of dreaming, when you're hardly there at all.

Maybe poets get to you best when you're sort of dreaming, when you're hardly there at all.

David Almond quotes: Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

Everybody's got the seam of goodness in them, Kit," said Grandpa. "Just a matter of whether it can be found and brought out into the light.

David Almond quotes: My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.

My work explores the frontier between rationalism and superstition and the wavering boundary between the two.

David Almond quotes: Truth and dreams are always getting muddled. Mina

Truth and dreams are always getting muddled.
Mina

David Almond quotes: I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.

I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.

David Almond quotes: Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.

David Almond quotes: Live an adventure. Live like you're in a story.

Live an adventure. Live like you're in a story.