I don't want to be little again. But at the same time I do. I want to be me like I was then, and me as I am now, and me like I'll be in the future. I want to be me and nothing but me. I want to be crazy as the moon, wild as the wind and still as the earth. I want to be every single thing it's possible to be. I'm growing and I don't know how to grow. I'm living but I haven't started living yet.
Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know. Why is your sister ill? Why did my father die?…Sometimes we think we should be able … - David Almond
Sometimes we just have to accept there are things we can’t know. Why is your sister ill? Why did my father die?…Sometimes we think we should be able …
- David Almond
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land. - David Almond
Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.
A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference. - David Almond
A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.
Truth and dreams are always getting muddled. - David Almond
Truth and dreams are always getting muddled.
Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep. - David Almond
Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.
We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our … - David Almond
We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin and lurch across our …
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