Iain Lawrence quotes

Iain Lawrence quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“If you think that you are less than them, can you blame them for thinking they are better?”
-- Iain Lawrence

Source : Iain Lawrence (2002). “Ghost Boy”, p.331, Laurel Leaf

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“Writing for young readers is almost like dipping into a fountain of youth; for hours a day, I am a child again.”
-- Iain Lawrence

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“The interesting adults are always the school failures, the weird ones, the losers, the malcontents, this isnâ€™t wishful thinking. Itâ€™s the rule.”

Source : "The Parenting Trap" by A. A. Gill, www.vanityfair.com. November 2, 2012.
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
“Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.”
“Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.”
“We often lose our tempers not with those who are actually to blame; just with those who love us enough to forgive us our foul moods.”
“There were a lot of people who were a little afraid of the rage or blaming stance I was taking, and find what I am doing now more refreshing.”
“Even when people act nastily to you, don't condemn them or retaliate.”
“We can actually put the essence of neurosis in a single word: blaming - or damning.”
“If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”

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