Peg Kehret quotes
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“Fear that comes from personal experience is far more real than fear based on someone else's ordeal.”
-- Peg KehretSource : Peg Kehret (2015). “Escaping the Giant Wave”, p.69, Simon and Schuster
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“I had longed to come home but now that I was there, it wasn't much fun. Home wasn't the same if I couldn't sleep in my own bedroom or use the bathroom by myself. I felt like a stranger in those familiar rooms.”
-- Peg KehretSource : Peg Kehret (2013). “Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio”, p.82, Open Road Media
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“Guests are people who come to your home to see you whine at the table, bark loudly, jump on women wearing pantyhose, and do other tricks which you wouldn't think of doing just for the family.”
-- Peg KehretSource : Peg Kehret (1988). “Encore!: More Winning Monologs for Young Actors : 63 More Honest-to-life Monologs for Teenage Boys and Girls”, Meriwether Pub
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“I wasn't inspired so much by a person as by reading many good books. I loved to write and I wondered if I might be able to write material that others would enjoy reading.”
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“I could not write my books without the library's help. Even with the ease of Internet research, I find books to be indispensable when I am writing. ... Books make me laugh, cry, and think. They give me insight into history, and into the lives of people in other cultures. They help me make important decisions, and they provide endless entertainment. Hooray for libraries!”
-- Peg Kehret
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“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”
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Source : "American Power and the New Mandarins". Book by Noam Chomsky, 1969.
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“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”
Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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“Racing should never be an ordeal, rather an enjoyable and life-enhancing experience.”
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“Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.”
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