Tom Helm quotes

“My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.”
-- Tom Helm

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“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK

“When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.”

“People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.”

“If you know somebody is going to be awfully annoyed by something you write, that's obviously very satisfying, and if they howl with rage or cry, that's honey.”

“Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.”

“An American has invented a remote control that will turn off any telly within a 20ft radius. What a marvellous device! What a splendid invention! What a really helpful and improving way of devoting your time to building something that turns off culture. Next week, I'm instigating Burn a Book Week, to encourage even more conversation. I've come up with a fantastic little device which I'll call a box of matches.”

“The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written; it has emptied more churches than all the counterattractions of cinema, motor bicycle and golf course.”

“To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.”

Source : "The World's Great Speeches" edited by Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, and Stephen J. McKenna, 1999.

“Do not rely completely on any other human being, however dear. We meet all life's greatest tests alone.”

“Life is not a multiple choice test, it's an open-book essay exam.”