Emily Rodda quotes

“You can always find time to do the thing you really, really want to do.”
-- Emily Rodda

#Want Quotes

“I always say nothing you can imagine is totally impossible. It might be unlikely, but that's as far as I'll go.”
-- Emily Rodda

Source : Emily Rodda (1989). “The Pigs Are Flying”, Camelot

#Might Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Imagine Quotes

“In ancient days, Deltora was divided into seven tribes. The tribesfought on their borders but otherwise stayed in their own place. Each had a gem from deep within the Earth, a talisman with special powers.”
-- Emily Rodda

Source : Emily Rodda (2012). “Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

#Special Quotes #Borders Quotes #Earth Quotes

“A hero called Adin rose from the ranks of the people. He was an ordinary man, a blacksmith who made swords and armor and shoes for horses. But he had been blessed with strsngth, courage, and cleverness.”
-- Emily Rodda

Source : Emily Rodda (2012). “Deltora Quest #1: The Forests of Silence”, p.13, Scholastic Inc.

#Horse Quotes #Hero Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“All is well that ends well”
-- Emily Rodda

Source : Emily Rodda (2008). “The Key to Rondo”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

#Ends Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Fate is strange, and our destinies can be shaped by very small decisions.”
-- Emily Rodda

Source : Emily Rodda (2012). “The Golden Door”, p.45, Scholastic Inc.

#Fate Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Seven hearts the journey make. Seven ways the hearts will break. Bravest heart will carry on When sleep is death, and hope is gone. Look in the fiery jaws of fear And see the answer white and clear, Then throw away all thoughts of home, For only then your quest is done.”
-- Emily Rodda

#Home Quotes #Heart Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“A book is like a door. You walk through the cover and you don't know what you're going to find.”
-- Emily Rodda

#Book Quotes #Doors Quotes #Walks Quotes

“I don't want to write things that people don't want to read. I would have no pleasure in producing something that sold 600 copies but that was considered very wonderful. I would prefer to sell 20,000 copies because the readers loved it. When I write books I don't actually think about the market in that way. I just tell myself the story. I don't think I'm talking to a 10-year-old boy or a six-year-old girl. I just write on the level the story seems to call for.”
-- Emily Rodda

#Girl Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“We like to see death as an unfair conspiracy, and what we want is a magic practitioner, a combination of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.”

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”

“I want the love that cannot help but love; Loving, like God, for very sake of love.”

“Its all gone pretty fast. I dont want to move on, but I know I have to.”

“You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.”

Source : Joe Vitale (2010). “The Awakening Course: The Secret to Solving All Problems”, p.29, John Wiley & Sons

“The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.”

“I want to go beyond the restrictions of language, religion and caste, and music is the only thing that allows me to do that.”

“Today I am in control because I want to be. I have my fingers on the switch, but have lived a lifetime ignoring the control I have over my own world. Today is different.”

“I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.”

“You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.”