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“I think the sun will shine tomorrow.”
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
“Maurice Blanche rested his glass on the trolley, then looked at his hands, turning them over, frowning and smiling in equal measure. 'They say the face tells all there is to know about a life, but I personally believe much can be deduced from the hands. There are lines and scars, bumps and calluses; indeed, the hands are both the sketch and the final work of art.'
Maisie looked at her hands. She had always been somewhat embarrassed by them. They were hands that told a story of hard manual labour when she was a child, hands that had scrubbed floors, had polished heavy oaken furniture. Later, they had soothed the sick, and had rested on the foreheads of the dying. She realised that she had no recollection of her hands as a schoolgirl, uncomfortable with the conversation's direction.”
― The Mapping of Love and Death
Maisie looked at her hands. She had always been somewhat embarrassed by them. They were hands that told a story of hard manual labour when she was a child, hands that had scrubbed floors, had polished heavy oaken furniture. Later, they had soothed the sick, and had rested on the foreheads of the dying. She realised that she had no recollection of her hands as a schoolgirl, uncomfortable with the conversation's direction.”
― The Mapping of Love and Death
“I am always being asked: ‘What are the Beatles really like?’ I never know quite what to say because they are what they are and anyone who has ever seen or heard them either in person, or on radio or screen has, basically, as much chance as I have of knowing what they are like. I believe and I must say it, that they are quite magnificent human beings, utterly honest, often irritating but splendid citizens shining in a very ordinary, not very pleasing world.”
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
“Christmas gone now, a mere unlovely, unsettling shadow on the bathroom scales and the credit-card statement.”
― Speak For England
― Speak For England
“John… Paul… George. And Ringo. Collectively the four most famous names in the world. Extraordinary young men who have directly altered the lives of hundreds, even thousands of people. Who have affected the entire balance of the entertainment industry, who have kicked up so much dust that in all our lifetimes, it will not completely settle.”
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
― A Cellarful of Noise: The Autobiography of the Man Who Made the Beatles With a New Companion Narrative
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