It's not that he lacked poetry. But his poetry was of the body, not the mind. He spoke it in the way he moved, the way he held a hammer, rowed a boat, built a fire. I, on the other hand, was like a brain in a box, a beating heart in a coal scuttle.
Perhaps the way to succeed is to think of life on Earth as a colossal joke, a creation of such immense stupidity that the only way to live is to laug… - Meg Rosoff
Perhaps the way to succeed is to think of life on Earth as a colossal joke, a creation of such immense stupidity that the only way to live is to laug…
- Meg Rosoff
If you have the patience to wait and watch, history will reshape truth (weakest of all forces, and weightless) in the image of opinion. What really h… - Meg Rosoff
If you have the patience to wait and watch, history will reshape truth (weakest of all forces, and weightless) in the image of opinion. What really h…
Fate is trying to kill me. I miss my dog. What's a doctor going to say? You're not ill, you're mad as a muffin? They'll either lock me up or tell me … - Meg Rosoff
Fate is trying to kill me. I miss my dog. What's a doctor going to say? You're not ill, you're mad as a muffin? They'll either lock me up or tell me …
She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude? - Meg Rosoff
She frowned at him. 'You are in love with solitude.' 'Is there a better cure for the world than solitude?
It was not a big smile, not particularly bold or polite or ironic or glib, not asking for anything or offering anything, not stringy or careless, not… - Meg Rosoff
It was not a big smile, not particularly bold or polite or ironic or glib, not asking for anything or offering anything, not stringy or careless, not…
it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love instinctively, without responsibility… - Meg Rosoff
it was love, of course, though I didn't know it then and Finn was both its subject and object. He accepted love instinctively, without responsibility…
Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything. - Meg Rosoff
Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.
I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say. - Meg Rosoff
I don't get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.
While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps. - Meg Rosoff
While working in advertising, I channelled my creative energy into elaborate escape fantasies: cake making, dog breeding, the Peace Corps.
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