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My chosen quote this week has a festive twist and is by the American memoirist, essayist, poet and civil rights activist, Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
Maya Angelou
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My chosen quote this week is by one of my favourite authors Anne Rice (1941-2021).
“And books, they offer one hope — that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.”
Anne Rice
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My chosen quote this week is by the author and lay theologian Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963). He is best known for his works The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”
C. S. Lewis
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My chosen quote today is by the ancient Greek philosopher and polymath Aristotle (384-322 BC).
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
Aristotle
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My chosen quote this week is by the German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).
“Everything is hard before it is easy”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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My chosen quote this week is by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804).
“Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for.”
Immanuel Kant
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My chosen quote this week is by the American author Stephen King.
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
Stephen King
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My chosen quote this week is by the American novelist Sarah Dessen (1970).
“Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that’s what makes you strong.”
Sarah Dessen
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I hope everyone is having a good week so far. I had a few students cancel today so I throughly enjoyed some extra reading time today.
My chosen quote today is by the Roman Catholic Nun and missionary Mother Teresa (1910-1997) also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.”
Mother Teresa
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I hope everyone has had a good day. I have had a busy day of teaching but I have also managed some reading which has been lovely.
My chosen quote this week is by the Irish novelist Cecelia Ahern (1981).
“Memories were fine but you couldn’t touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.”
Cecelia Ahern
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