Katherine Rundell quotes

“I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.”
-- Katherine Rundell

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“It's like eight thousand birds, Charles! Charles! Isn't it like eight thousand birds?”
-- Katherine Rundell

Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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“Books crowbar the world open for you.”
-- Katherine Rundell

Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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“I think, actually, everyone starts out with some strange in them. It's just whether or not you decide to keep it.”
-- Katherine Rundell

Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.117, Faber & Faber

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“I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.”
-- Katherine Rundell

Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”

“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”

“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”

“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK

“Often we want people to pray for us and help us, but we always defeat our object when we look too much to them and lean upon them. The true secret of union is for both to look upon God, and in the act of looking past themselves to Him they are unconsciously united.”

“We must see what in the Israeli identity - in the Israeli - we can give to other people rather than speaking so often of taking, expanding territory.”

“Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.”

“Allah makes the way to Jannah easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge.”

“When you get a little older, you'll see how easy it is to become lured by the female of the species.”

“King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.”