I didn't mean to tell you," Mrs. Whatsit faltered. "I didn't mean ever to let you know. But oh, my dears, I did so love being a star!" "Yyouu are sstill verry yyoungg," Mrs Witch said, her voice faintly chiding. The Medium sat looking happily at the star-filled sky in her ball, smiling, and nodding and chuckling gently. But Meg noticed that her eyes were drooping, and suddenly her head fell forward and she gave a faint snore. "Poor thing," Mrs Whatsit said, "we've worn her out. It's very hard work for her.
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LOUIS L'AMOUR Nothing is quite so beautiful as when you share it with it with someone else. There is no purpose in... LOUIS L'AMOUR Much of the study of history is a matter of comparison, of relating what was happening in one area t... LOUIS L'AMOUR I'm sorry! I really am! I wanted to get out of this place! I want to live! I want to get away from h... LOUIS L'AMOUR Browsing through the shelves in bookstores or libraries, I was completely happy. LOUIS L'AMOUR A lady should be allowed to choose her comp'ny, an' should be treated like a lady until she shows sh... LOUIS L'AMOUR There will come a time when you believe everything is finished; that will be the beginning. LOUIS L'AMOUR The mind is a basket . . . if you put nothing in, you get nothing out. LOUIS L'AMOUR Up to a point a person’s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and changes in the world about t... LOUIS L'AMOUR A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind. LOUIS L'AMOUR Because a man plays a king superbly well does not mean that he would make a good king. LOUIS L'AMOUR Can you see the future, Kerbouchard?" "Who would wish to? Our lives hold a veil between anticip... LOUIS L'AMOUR Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on LOUIS L'AMOUR Personally, I do not believe the human mind has any limits but those we impose ourselves. LOUIS L'AMOUR To live in a city, one must be larger than one's environment or enjoy belonging to the crowd. LOUIS L'AMOUR All that was speculation, and a man can get carried away by a reasonable theory. Often a man finds a... LOUIS L'AMOUR Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what ... LOUIS L'AMOUR You can have all the wine and dragons that my money can buy. That’s what the old woman told me, an... L'PONI BALDWIN He taunted me, "Pony boy, pony boy," because I liked ponies. Pony boy. He always came to vent his an... L'PONI BALDWIN I saw the last piece of innocence unfurl inside of her. -Nick Plato (from the story Plato... L'PONI BALDWIN He couldn't take his eye off that dragon There was something odd about the swaying of his tail<... L'PONI BALDWIN When he removed his robes, you could see the hundreds of scars and bruises that shamelessly decorate... L'PONI BALDWIN La vida es un regalo diario. Valóralo. Al final, lo que importa no son los años de vida, sino la v... PAOLA CALASANZ ''DULCINEA'' The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what ... MADELEINE ALBRIGHT I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of pe... MADELEINE PEYROUX Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing. MADELEINE PEYROUX I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played th... MADELEINE PEYROUX I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ... MADELEINE PEYROUX Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their ar... MADELEINE PEYROUX I love playing to people and seeing them react. MADELEINE PEYROUX I was very lucky. Things happened, both bad and good, but I never got into real, deep trouble. But i... MADELEINE PEYROUX My father's record collection was full of New Orleans music of all kinds. I used to listen to th... MADELEINE PEYROUX Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff. MADELEINE PEYROUX My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel. MADELEINE PEYROUX Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful th... MADELEINE PEYROUX I've always loved singing. I find it exhilarating. MADELEINE PEYROUX I listened to Billie Holiday a lot in order to learn to sing. She remains one of the extraordinary j... MADELEINE PEYROUX I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk ... MADELEINE PEYROUX You have to let it all hang out, let go of the ideas that were more comfortable and embrace some of ... MADELEINE PEYROUX No matter where we come from or where we're going, we've all got memories to contend with, a... MADELEINE PEYROUX It's wonderful to work with someone with mentor status. MADELEINE PEYROUX A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, w... MADELEINE L'ENGLE With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, qu... MADELEINE L'ENGLE That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've ... MADELEINE L'ENGLE Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance... MADELEINE L'ENGLE You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown... MADELEINE L'ENGLE It is the ability to choose which makes us human. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it. MADELEINE L'ENGLE In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well,... MADELEINE L'ENGLE