“When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
“The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling. She travelled all over the world while sitting in her little room in an English village.”
― Matilda
― Matilda
“Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning.”
― Between a Rock and a Hard Place
― Between a Rock and a Hard Place
“When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
“The fact is saying yes hadn't been a pointless exercise at all. It had been pointful. It had the power to change lives and set people free... It had the power of adventure. Sometimes the little opportunities that fly at us each day can have the biggest impact.”
― Yes Man
― Yes Man
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