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Joanne Harris quotes: Loki, that's me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies. Loki, that's me. Loki, the Light-Bringer, the misunderstood, the elusive, the handsome and modest hero of this particular tissue of lies.
Joanne Harris quotes: I don't understand a word you're saying," snapped Odin. "That's because you're throttlin' me, sir," said Sugar. Odin loosened his grip. I don't understand a word you're saying," snapped Odin.
"That's because you're throttlin' me, sir," said Sugar.
Odin loosened his grip.
Joanne Harris quotes: What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence? What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?
Joanne Harris quotes: No one looks at us. We might as well be invisible; or clothing marks us as strangers, transients. They are polite, so polite; no one stares at us. No one looks at us. We might as well be invisible; or clothing marks us as strangers, transients. They are polite, so polite; no one stares at us.
Joanne Harris quotes: From a certain height, everyone looks the same - men, women, villains, kings - as if rank and fortune were simply an accident of perspective. From a certain height, everyone looks the same - men, women, villains, kings - as if rank and fortune were simply an accident of perspective.
Joanne Harris quotes: The past is an obdurate stranger that puts as many marks on us as we attempt to impose on it. The past is an obdurate stranger that puts as many marks on us as we attempt to impose on it.
Joanne Harris quotes: Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is
Joanne Harris quotes: The day stretched out in front of him like an empty road in the desert. The day stretched out in front of him like an empty road in the desert.
Joanne Harris quotes: Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station. Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.
Joanne Harris quotes: The dead know everything but they don't give a damn. The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.
Joanne Harris quotes: Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life. Change isn't always comfortable, but it is a fact of life.
Joanne Harris quotes: You may be a foreigner, but you have the heart of a Frenchman. You may be a foreigner, but you have the heart of a Frenchman.
Joanne Harris quotes: The process of giving is without limits. The process of giving is without limits.
Joanne Harris quotes: I don't think that white collar gives you sole right of access to the divine. I don't think that white collar gives you sole right of access to the divine.
Joanne Harris quotes: Rock salt and bread by the doorstep to placate any resident gods. Sandalwood on our pillow, to sweeten our dreams. Rock salt and bread by the doorstep to placate any resident gods. Sandalwood on our pillow, to sweeten our dreams.
Joanne Harris quotes: The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won't I? in pitiful indecision. The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won't I? in pitiful indecision.
Joanne Harris quotes: Like a flower she grows towards the light, without thinking or examining the process which moves her to do so. I wish I could do the same. Like a flower she grows towards the light, without thinking or examining the process which moves her to do so. I wish I could do the same.
Joanne Harris quotes: Like a domestic cat, purring on the sofa by day, but by night, a strutting queen, a natural killer, disdainful of her other life. Like a domestic cat, purring on the sofa by day, but by night, a strutting queen, a natural killer, disdainful of her other life.
Joanne Harris quotes: Knowledge is currency here.... Knowledge is currency here....
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm sorry. You went too far.'Lovely. What an epitaph. I'm sorry. You went too far.'
Lovely. What an epitaph.
Joanne Harris quotes: Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the End of the World, and goblins had been at the cellar again. Seven o'clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the End of the World, and goblins had been at the cellar again.
Joanne Harris quotes: Nothing dreamed is ever lost, and nothing lost forever. Nothing dreamed is ever lost, and nothing lost forever.
Joanne Harris quotes: I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always. I think if you are an outsider then you are an outsider always.
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people. I'm not fond of cities: the constant activity and swarms of people.
Joanne Harris quotes: Children are knives, my mother once said. They don't mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don't we, we clasp them until the blood flows. Children are knives, my mother once said. They don't mean to, but they cut. And yet we cling to them, don't we, we clasp them until the blood flows.
Joanne Harris quotes: Sometimes walking away is best. I should know. It's my specialty. Sometimes walking away is best. I should know. It's my specialty.
Joanne Harris quotes: The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark. The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
Joanne Harris quotes: All right, Monsieur Jay,' she said, smiling. 'I'll tell them you're OK. All right, Monsieur Jay,' she said, smiling. 'I'll tell them you're OK.
Joanne Harris quotes: Polite contempt. The barbed and poisonous weapon of the righteous. Polite contempt. The barbed and poisonous weapon of the righteous.
Joanne Harris quotes: Library-denigrators, pay heed: suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife. Library-denigrators, pay heed: suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife.
Joanne Harris quotes: More. Oh that word. That deceptive word. That eater of lives; that malcontent. More. Oh that word. That deceptive word. That eater of lives; that malcontent.
Joanne Harris quotes: We're gods, not saints. Everyone lies. Everyone cheats. Everyone scores off everyone else. We're gods, not saints. Everyone lies. Everyone cheats. Everyone scores off everyone else.
Joanne Harris quotes: Places have their own characters ... But the people begin to look the same. Places have their own characters ... But the people begin to look the same.
Joanne Harris quotes: Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
Joanne Harris quotes: I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending. I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.
Joanne Harris quotes: It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her. It's a feeling which tells me that any woman can be beautiful in the eyes of a man who loves her.
Joanne Harris quotes: I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams. I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.
Joanne Harris quotes: Don't worry so much about 'not supposed to'. Don't worry so much about 'not supposed to'.
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon. I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.
Joanne Harris quotes: If I'm going to die today, the least I can do is look fabulous while I'm doing it. If I'm going to die today, the least I can do is look fabulous while I'm doing it.
Joanne Harris quotes: Anything that can be dreamed is true. Anything that can be dreamed is true.
Joanne Harris quotes: Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end. Life is what you celebrate. All of it. Even its end.
Joanne Harris quotes: They tell you revenge isn't worth it. I say there's nothing finer. They tell you revenge isn't worth it. I say there's nothing finer.
Joanne Harris quotes: There was a quote he could not quite remember, something about the past being an island surrounded by time. He had missed the last boat to the island. There was a quote he could not quite remember, something about the past being an island surrounded by time. He had missed the last boat to the island.
Joanne Harris quotes: Love not often, but forever. Love not often, but forever.
Joanne Harris quotes: Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else. Before you have children, you mostly think about the world in terms of yourself. And when you become a parent, the focus shifts to somebody else.
Joanne Harris quotes: Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place Better a king in the gutter,' he said, 'than a slave in an emperor's place
Joanne Harris quotes: I don't pretend to know much about love, but that's how great love comes to an end, not in the flames of passion, but in the silence of regret. I don't pretend to know much about love, but that's how great love comes to an end, not in the flames of passion, but in the silence of regret.
Joanne Harris quotes: A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after. A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.
Joanne Harris quotes: To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think ... This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact. To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think ... This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact.
Joanne Harris quotes: I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia. I have an advanced degree in procrastination and another one in paranoia.
Joanne Harris quotes: Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer. Clones fit in. Freaks stand out. Ask me which one I prefer.
Joanne Harris quotes: I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training. I was a very bad accountant; I didn't care about money, golf or discovering fraud. After about a year I was sacked; then I went into teacher training.
Joanne Harris quotes: Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god. Not that a promise means much to a demon - or a god.
Joanne Harris quotes: Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible. Work. Like pain, I sensed that this was an experience I would want to avoid as often as possible.
Joanne Harris quotes: The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign. The process of writing is a little like madness, a kind of possession not altogether benign.
Joanne Harris quotes: Was it my fault that I got out of hand?--Loki Was it my fault that I got out of hand?
--Loki
Joanne Harris quotes: Fiction is a tower of glass built from a million tiny truths, grains of sand fused together to make a single, gleaming lie. Fiction is a tower of glass built from a million tiny truths, grains of sand fused together to make a single, gleaming lie.
Joanne Harris quotes: A named thing is a tamed thing. A named thing is a tamed thing.
Joanne Harris quotes: As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews. As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.
Joanne Harris quotes: I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines I sell dreams, small comforts, sweet harmless temptations to bring down a multitude of saints crashing among the hazels and nougatines
Joanne Harris quotes: Remember, it's the winners write the history books, and the losers get the leavings. Remember, it's the winners write the history books, and the losers get the leavings.
Joanne Harris quotes: If wishes were horses, beggers would ride If wishes were horses, beggers would ride
Joanne Harris quotes: Too much balast slows you down. Too much balast slows you down.
Joanne Harris quotes: Please!" yelled Loki. "I am not being noble! Please!" yelled Loki. "I am not being noble!
Joanne Harris quotes: I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. I believe that being happy is the only important thing. Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or torturous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive.
Joanne Harris quotes: I've never viewed you as an enemy, more an adversary ... I've never viewed you as an enemy, more an adversary ...
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm not sure I believe in the whole 'ghost-afterlife' thing, but I think places are marked by people who have been there. I'm not sure I believe in the whole 'ghost-afterlife' thing, but I think places are marked by people who have been there.
Joanne Harris quotes: I'd rather be a freak than a clone. I'd rather be a freak than a clone.
Joanne Harris quotes: You see, I do believe in miracles. I, who have passed through fire. I do believe. You see, I do believe in miracles. I, who have passed through fire. I do believe.
Joanne Harris quotes: A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme,Ou va-ti mistigri?Passe sans faire de mai ici. A black cat crossed my path, and I stopped to dance around it widdershins and to sing the rhyme,
Ou va-ti mistigri?
Passe sans faire de mai ici.
Joanne Harris quotes: Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder. Some areas of technology really don't interest me at all, but I welcome anything that makes life easier instead of harder.
Joanne Harris quotes: The wind always brings us back to the same wall The wind always brings us back to the same wall
Joanne Harris quotes: Most problems can be solved through cake. Most problems can be solved through cake.
Joanne Harris quotes: Their love was something which coloured the air between them like sunlight. Their love was something which coloured the air between them like sunlight.
Joanne Harris quotes: All those moments, those memories. Everything that we are, compressed in just two or three kilos of paper - the weight of a human heart. All those moments, those memories. Everything that we are, compressed in just two or three kilos of paper - the weight of a human heart.
Joanne Harris quotes: She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world. She always had that about her, that look of otherness, of eyes that see things much too far, and of thoughts that wander off the edge of the world.
Joanne Harris quotes: If knowledge was power I had under my possession the entire school If knowledge was power I had under my possession the entire school
Joanne Harris quotes: The Blessed Damozel essence of every dream and fairy story and legend and fear ... The Blessed Damozel essence of every dream and fairy story and legend and fear ...
Joanne Harris quotes: For a time, then, we stay. For a time. Till the changes. For a time, then, we stay. For a time. Till the changes.
Joanne Harris quotes: I carried recipes in my head like maps. I carried recipes in my head like maps.
Joanne Harris quotes: Your wolf is eating that man. I thought you should know. Your wolf is eating that man. I thought you should know.
Joanne Harris quotes: Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there. Well, that's history for you, folks. Unfair, untrue and for the most part written by folk who weren't even there.
Joanne Harris quotes: He is the kind of man who breakes biscuits in two and saves the other half for later He is the kind of man who breakes biscuits in two and saves the other half for later
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm insatiably curious. I'm insatiably curious.
Joanne Harris quotes: He was the cleanest-cut comic-book schoolboy hero imaginable. He was the cleanest-cut comic-book schoolboy hero imaginable.
Joanne Harris quotes: And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing my head off. And when you fall from that parapet,the sound you'll be hearing as you go down will be me,laughing my head off.
Joanne Harris quotes: The dead know everything, but don't give a damn. The dead know everything, but don't give a damn.
Joanne Harris quotes: I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like. I'm incapable of hiding my feelings when I'm around someone I don't like.
Joanne Harris quotes: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.No one's immune to bribery. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
No one's immune to bribery.
Joanne Harris quotes: But stories are worlds. New worlds for us to visit. In stories, we live forever. But stories are worlds. New worlds for us to visit. In stories, we live forever.
Joanne Harris quotes: Wisdom isn't everything. Survival requires an element of trickery, Chaos, subterfuge. All qualities I possess (if I may say so) in abundance. Wisdom isn't everything. Survival requires an element of trickery, Chaos, subterfuge. All qualities I possess (if I may say so) in abundance.
Joanne Harris quotes: Does that mean I can't hammer him?' said Thor.Heimdall scowled. 'Not yet,' he said.'When can I hammer him, please?' said Thor. Does that mean I can't hammer him?' said Thor.
Heimdall scowled. 'Not yet,' he said.'When can I hammer him, please?' said Thor.
Joanne Harris quotes: I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax. I don't listen to music when I'm writing, but I often do when I'm reworking, editing or when I need to relax.
Joanne Harris quotes: I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it. I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.
Joanne Harris quotes: A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is really only a matter of perspective. A demon, if you prefer the term; although to be honest, the difference between god and a demon is really only a matter of perspective.
Joanne Harris quotes: Set a church clock wrong to fool the devil, my mother always told me. But in this case I suspect the devil is not fooled.Not for a minute. Set a church clock wrong to fool the devil, my mother always told me. But in this case I suspect the devil is not fooled.

Not for a minute.
Joanne Harris quotes: I liked her better for showing a little spirit. I liked her better for showing a little spirit.
Joanne Harris quotes: I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop. I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.
Joanne Harris quotes: A thing named is a thing tamed. A thing named is a thing tamed.

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