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Rereading with kids (3rd to 5th grade-ish) and they seem to enjoy it as much as I did, ages and ages ago.Now as an adult, I'm also delighted by how the author cheekily puts words in the kid narrator's mouth about her love of books. The narrator gushe ...more "
“Just as Om reached out his hand to save the prophet Brutha from torture, so will he spread his wings over me in my time of trial," said Oats, but he sounded as though he was trying to reassure himself rather than Nanny. He went on: "I've got a pamphlet if you would like to know more," and this time the tone was much more positive, as if the existence of Om was a little uncertain whereas the existence of pamphlets was obvious to any open-minded, rational-thinking person.”
― Carpe Jugulum
― Carpe Jugulum
“Science is not about building a body of known ‘facts’. It is a method for asking awkward questions and subjecting them to a reality-check, thus avoiding the human tendency to believe whatever makes us feel good.”
― The Science Of Discworld
― The Science Of Discworld
“Never reward writing with not writing. Rewarding writing by abandoning your schedule is like rewarding yourself for quitting smoking by having a cigarette.”
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
― How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing
“Child,” said the Sand-fairy sleepily, “I can only advise you to think before you speak” –
“But I thought that you never give advice.”
“That piece doesn’t count,” it said. “You’ll never take it! Besides, it’s not original. It’s in all the copy-books.”
― Five Children and It
“But I thought that you never give advice.”
“That piece doesn’t count,” it said. “You’ll never take it! Besides, it’s not original. It’s in all the copy-books.”
― Five Children and It
“For London is like prison for children, especially if their relations are not rich.”
― Five Children and It
― Five Children and It
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