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But of course he knew, all of them knew. There is only one kind of a person a wizard can marry, and that is a witch.

But she had to know words. She had to know everything.

Happiness is almost as good as magic for altering a person's looks.

When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.

They were steaming out of the station before Maia asked, 'Was it books in the trunk?'
'It was books, admitted Miss Minton.
And Maia said, 'Good.

Herr Altenburg, I can't; I have vertigo.' And Marek looked at him: 'All right - I'll get the chemist to fix me something.

What are you afraid of then?
Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.

That's silly, Anna," said the Honorable Olive. "Being afraid is silly, you know it is.

You cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them nesting in your hair.

One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda

Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

There are those who dance the notes, and those who dance the music.

Slowly, Anna put up a hand to his muzzle and began to scratch that spot behind the ear where large dogs keep their souls.

One can always bear what is right.

We've been together for thirty-five years," Alec had said. "We've no call to change now.

It was a lovely church - one of those places which look as though God might be about to give a marvellous party.

We mustn't only remember the good bits," she said. "We must remember the bad bits, too, so that we know it was real.

Anyone who has an egg to watch over has a stake in the future, and the future
they were sure of it
was going to be good.

Well wtith a statue hermann cannot possibly fight

It is for England that one marries,' she said. 'For the land.

If this is the 'Green Hell' of the Amazon, then hell is where I belong," said Maia.

Daisy offered a mosquito which bit you and gave you yellow fever. 'You turn as yellow as a lemon and then you die,' she said.

It was only when the light in her eyes was extinguished, at the mention of her father, that Rupert realized how brightly it had burned.

I want to live like music sounds."- Ruth

People who've suffered don't have time to grumble.

It was too much ... the gods would not permit such joy.

After all, Betty was ill and she was her sister, and she wouldn't be able to shave her legs for weeks because of the plaster.

And after all, it wasn't her fault that she was an idiot and had two ridiculous children. Life isn't fair and never has been.

This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.

One of the sisters started shaving her legs and marrying tax inspectors, so she was no good.

Just because we've never done it doesn't mean we can't do it.

For whether a place is a heaven or a hell rests in yourself, and those who go with courage may find themselves in paradise.

People make their own worlds.

It is a fearful thing to love what time can touch.

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Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.

For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say.

Adventures, once they were over, were things that had to stay inside one
that no one else could quite understand.