Jill Paton Walsh quotes
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“The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this is why there are no wicked stepchildren in the tales.”
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“There is nothing more important than writing well for the young, if literature is to have a continuance ... They will inherit the earth; and nothing that we value will endure in the world unless they can be persuaded to value it too.”
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“It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people ...”
-- Jill Paton WalshSource : Jill Paton Walsh (2007). “A Presumption of Death: A New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery”, p.11, Macmillan
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“If you tell someone a secret, and ask them to keep it secret, you are asking them to display a discretion you are unable to display yourself.”
-- Jill Paton WalshSource : Jill Paton Walsh (2011). “The Attenbury Emeralds: The New Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery”, p.98, Macmillan
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“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”
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Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.
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Source : Alexandre Dumas fils (2004). “Camille”, p.173, Penguin
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“I don't need to prove I'm an adult by being ultra-sexy that's immature”
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