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“Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Nature #Memories #Grief
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“All little creatures are beautiful...every living thing when it first sees life is born in beauty. What they grow to be is a different matter.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Beautiful #Different #Littles
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“You will find joy, frustration and sorrow in your quest. Never forget that friendship and loyalty are more precious than riches...Happiness can be brief, but it knows no time in the land of dreams.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Loyalty #Dream #Frustration
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“Friar Hugo, old friend, brace yourself. I am the bearer of tragic news!" Alarm spread across Hugo's pudgy features. "Tell me, Jess. What dreadful thing has happened?" Jess spoke haltingly in a broken voice. "I fear that Cluny has tore up one of your oldest and most venerable dishrags. Alas, Redwall will never see it wipe another plate.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Voice #Broken #Old Friends
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“Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!”
-- Brian Jacques
#Dollars #Today
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“Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Ordinary #Moments #Extraordinary
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“Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Skills #Long #Honor
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“So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!”
-- Brian Jacques
#Night #Wind #Long
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“Throughout his life the memory of that happy day stayed locked secretly in (his) heart.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Memories #Heart #Happy Day
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“Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others." —Cornflower”
-- Brian Jacques
#Heart #Compassion #Sometimes
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“Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. —Matthias”
-- Brian Jacques
#Warrior #Evil #Bravery
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“Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Age #Sometimes #Young
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“Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Fate #Fickle #Company
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“Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship's sake.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Sound #Deeds #Littles
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“A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus”
-- Brian Jacques
#Judgement #Littles #Sometimes
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“You love young ones and babes, I know this. The young will always befriend and admire you...all the young ones of the earth belong to you in friendship. Be good to them. —Breeze, to Sunflash the Mace”
-- Brian Jacques
#Earth #Babe #Breeze
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“It's a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. —Boldred”
-- Brian Jacques
#Warrior #Long #Littles
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“We could have chopped down the sycamore with this...”
-- Brian Jacques
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“I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Memories #People #Good Memories
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“I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...”
-- Brian Jacques
#Father #Mean #Habit
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“Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's always good and bad in the land, and goodbeasts have to protect their friends an' families from evil ones who want nothing but to conquer an' destroy.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Brother #Fighting #Land
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“I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!”
-- Brian Jacques
#Book #Kids #Waiting
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“your lives be as full and happy as ours,and may the seasons be kind to you and your friends. The door of our Abbey is always open to any travellers roaming the dusty path between the woodlands and the plains.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Doors #May #Roaming
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“Shake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I'll borrow yours. Watch my whiskers, check both ears. Robber foxes have no fears.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Watches #Ears #Paws
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“The more 'otter it is, the more 'otter otters likes it”
-- Brian Jacques
#Otters #Likes
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“Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach our goal,”
-- Brian Jacques
#Warrior #Goal #Thieves
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“Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Games #Play #Trying
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“But the warriors true, the brave of heart Who valiently upheld the right They are raised on high to the velvet sky Bringing light to the darkness of night”
-- Brian Jacques
#Heart #Warrior #Night
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“Sighing restlessly, the boundless sea broke huge rollers into white cream which hissed hungrily up to the tideline.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Sea #White #Broke
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“Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it.”
-- Brian Jacques
#Sooner Or Later
