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I love writing picture books and story books because of the exciting, visual life that artists and illustrators give to them. And most of all, I love writing novels because of the inner, emotional journeys that they take me on. Hopefully, the reader comes with me!


Berlie Doherty

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MARIA HEADLEY I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I ad...
NAGUIB MAHFOUZ I don't know if I have a favorite color.
KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl.
KATE MIDDLETON Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method...
WALTER BENJAMIN I've always loved writing emotionally rich, character-driven novels that explore the way people ...
SUSAN WIGGS I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and read...
ADRIANA TRIGIANI Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and ...
MARGARET MAHY It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o...
QUEEN ELIZABETH II I think the reason I'm a writer is because first, I was a reader. I loved to read. I read a lot ...
ANDREW CLEMENTS One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise...
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Some people will love my books, some people will hate them, and others will regard them with odd cur...
ELLA DOMINGUEZ Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how amazing the people ...
JOSH LIEB It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by peopl...
EUDORA WELTY I was writing blogs before work, then I was writing at work, and then I started writing books on the...
ZOE FOSTER BLAKE It's a symbiotic process, writing. What I am makes the books—not part of me, all of me—and then ...
JEANETTE WINTERSON We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want...
PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world.
PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ...
CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you...
KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th...
ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ...
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker.
ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes.
ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.'
ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha...
ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person.
ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me...
ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au...
ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media.
ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive.
ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ...
ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken.
ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows.
ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real...
ZARA PHILLIPS The senior members of the royal family work very hard and I don't think people quite realise tha...
ZARA PHILLIPS In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. ...
ZARA PHILLIPS I don't have a stylist, and I do most of my shopping online, just because it's easier. I don...
ZARA PHILLIPS I think Facebook's dangerous. So many people I know get into trouble with Facebook... I'd ra...
ZARA PHILLIPS I'm not a princess anyway so I find that quite weird to be labelled as one.
ZARA PHILLIPS Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.
KING JAMES I My dear mamma is quite right when she says that we must lay down principles and not depart from them...
MARIE ANTOINETTE I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascina...
WALLIS SIMPSON PS: It's all gossip about the prince. I'm not in the habit of taking my girlfriends' bea...
WALLIS SIMPSON I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the w...
WALLIS SIMPSON I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
WALLIS SIMPSON I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me.
WALLIS SIMPSON A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compe...
WALLIS SIMPSON Never explain, never complain.
WALLIS SIMPSON You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.
WALLIS SIMPSON I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers.
WALLIS SIMPSON For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.
WALLIS SIMPSON Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.
WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin.
WALLIS SIMPSON A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
KING SOLOMON It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most...
FREDERICK THE GREAT Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All...
KATE MIDDLETON There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.
MARIE ANTOINETTE I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.
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SHANNEN DOHERTY Everybody deserves a second chance in this world. That's basically all I ask.
SHANNEN DOHERTY (Rafferty) chose not to see his kids when he killed Steven Spade.
BECKY DOHERTY Lisa Penix had a purpose. She was not there innocently.
BECKY DOHERTY She wasn't afraid. She was a participant. Her conduct before, during and after tells you she was.
BECKY DOHERTY This church is very spirit-filled. It's not into breaking rules - don't get me wrong - but even thou...
BECKY DOHERTY I met Ashley two weeks before I married him. It was a joke-the most ridiculous thing I've ever d...
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SHANNEN DOHERTY I'm from the South. I'm a Southern Baptist. I have a conservative point of view. I'm a R...
SHANNEN DOHERTY Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it?
PETE DOHERTY This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all a...
SHANNEN DOHERTY She's bright but more than anything she is very dedicated. She spends endless hours preparing labs a...
BRIAN DOHERTY This class has made a special effort in the scholarship area,
BRIAN DOHERTY This budget hearing is going to be more raucous than it has in the past. The Council is emboldened b...
BRIAN DOHERTY We're losing control of how the money is being spent. . . . It's long overdue that we are active par...
BRIAN DOHERTY Those who work most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand least.
HENRY DOHERTY Have you ever felt like a phone call that's been disconnected?
SHANNEN DOHERTY It hasn't broken through with the public in a big way.
CARROLL DOHERTY The striking thing on the Republican side is Rice's continued popularity. We found that she had sign...
CARROLL DOHERTY Bush stands at a precipice. He's lost ground among independents. He seems to be starting to lose gro...
CARROLL DOHERTY It is unfortunate that it takes a tragedy like that for people to see the system working at its best...
CARROLL DOHERTY I think the surprise here is that so many people see her as a strong leader. What's interesting abou...
CARROLL DOHERTY Where Bush is beating Kerry among men and women alike is on leadership.
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CARROLL DOHERTY The sense you get in this poll is that people don't see a lot of good options or a lot of good strat...
CARROLL DOHERTY They're not following the ins and outs terribly closely, but they get a general impression that some...
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CARROLL DOHERTY A runners creed: I will win; if I cannot win, I shall be second; if I cannot be second, I shall be t...
KEN DOHERTY It's very audacious of them. It is bound to increase Apple's market share. The whole blurring of the...
RICHARD DOHERTY We couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. We got decent looks, we just couldn't make a basket.
MATT DOHERTY When you see someone as tall as me, you think it's just a gimmick. But my job is to get people out. ...
RYAN DOHERTY My inner child is not wounded.
SHANNEN DOHERTY I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my ...
PETE DOHERTY If you've lost your faith in love and music then the end won't be long.
PETE DOHERTY I have never had anything done. I've been asked if I had breast implants. Whether I did or not, ...
SHANNEN DOHERTY He's the only guy on the team that really commands a double-team. ... That says something about a fr...
MATT DOHERTY It's one of the fundamental principles of democracy, that sunlight is the best disinfectant.
JOE DOHERTY Stern alone can make Sirius bigger than XM within a year.
RICHARD DOHERTY I was very disappointed in the first half with the way we played. We were not sharp. Maybe I tried t...
MATT DOHERTY It's bigoted, wasteful and expensive for us all when the U.S. military continues to violate its own ...
WILL DOHERTY We really don't have a true point guard. It's kind of unfair to put him in that position.
MATT DOHERTY It's a very big deal because Palm, for many, many years, has relied on its homegrown operating syste...
RICHARD DOHERTY It's crazy. The sticker on your new player promises the equivalent of a high-performance car, but th...
RICHARD DOHERTY We are still working out the policies for that.
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RICHARD DOHERTY Apple clearly benefits. I could see them doubling their share next year.
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RICHARD DOHERTY It's a tremendous opportunity, ... There's no lower cost, high bandwidth way to reach consumers.
RICHARD DOHERTY It turned out he had been skeptical and wanted to have them talk in front of a therapist.
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MIKE DOHERTY If there were a fourth time we could play them, we'd take the opportunity. It's nothing psychologica...
MIKE DOHERTY (The Highlanders) shot much better from the outside than we expected. Other than that, defensively I...
MIKE DOHERTY They had a private train car to go to Colorado for their honeymoon. They stayed a little long at the...
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MIKE DOHERTY It has to mean something. We played that game hoping to get a share of the league title, and we came...
MIKE DOHERTY We got beat in every facet of the game. We were never in it.
DAN DOHERTY For a while I couldn't leave the house by myself. Even if I was just grocery shopping alone, I&#...
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SHANNEN DOHERTY some sort of mistake
PETE DOHERTY A lot of people basically are obsessed with the missus and I don't know really ... she's just a bird...
PETE DOHERTY Yes, I have seen Kate again.
PETE DOHERTY Even life without drugs has gotta be better than this malarkey.
PETE DOHERTY I'm 300 grand in debt. Why do you think I'm going out with Kate Moss?
PETE DOHERTY I was nearly blinded when she threw that ring back at me. But I kept it in its little box. If I bump...
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DAN DOHERTY There is a real sense of cynicism about the level of corruption in Washington. The feeling among pub...
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SHANNEN DOHERTY Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that.
SHANNEN DOHERTY When you give a Walpole team a short field, they're obviously good enough to score.
GARY DOHERTY A team is like a child. First it's the infant stage then the adolescent stage. I think we're in the ...
MATT DOHERTY She told about how the chaplain came to tell her that her husband had died and all the trauma that s...
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SHANNEN DOHERTY To be a bitch or not to be a bitch, that is the question.
SHANNEN DOHERTY It's better to be the rejecter than the rejectee.
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CARROLL DOHERTY It's going to take a while to get a metric for this.
RICHARD DOHERTY Apple is moving faster than ever and we expect them to move at an even faster pace next year.
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MIKE DOHERTY One minute I'm waiting for Kate to arrive to join me in the Jacuzzi for a romantic evening. The next...
PETE DOHERTY Nice to meet you. I don't want to waste anyone's time but my name's Laurie Hanna, I'm from the Daily...
PETE DOHERTY She was in a bit of a state and needed to know that I was OK. She managed to get a message to me say...
PETE DOHERTY What? Them? Sure, I'll do that.
PETE DOHERTY It's just some sort of mistake, that's all,
PETE DOHERTY I definitely lived my life like I wasn't in the public eye.
SHANNEN DOHERTY If somebody wants to have plastic surgery, more power to them. I think there's a point where you...
SHANNEN DOHERTY I don’t really know what “intellectual” means, but if it means you’ve got a desire to learn,...
PETE DOHERTY I am still so busy with the Compassion Club. I have been a feeder of the Compassion Club's cats for ...
DONNA DOHERTY To travel the world and go these exotic places was just incredible but I was really ready for someth...
DONNA DOHERTY It was very forgiving at that time, there were a lot for women in the sport and covering it. It is t...
DONNA DOHERTY This was after Watergate and everybody wanted to be an investigative journalist and there were just ...
DONNA DOHERTY I wanted to be a political or legal reporter and to be assigned the Seale trial was just unbelievabl...
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DAN DOHERTY There's not one cast member of 90210 who didn't throw a tantrum to two themselves.
SHANNEN DOHERTY Sometimes you fight back like that and it takes all your energy. We needed to play better defense in...
DAN DOHERTY When we heard the news yesterday, everyone was just devastated. He made a huge impact at Pearl River...
DAN DOHERTY You never say, 'Let's forget about it,' but it's how you react to it. We have two seasons left: coun...
DAN DOHERTY It was their best race of the season. Hopefully this will be a good way to kick-start us as we go in...
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DAN DOHERTY expects the IRA to keep its word
PAT DOHERTY made generous campaign contributions to Pataki.
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MATT DOHERTY We try to make it a community event and it's a great night of entertainment. You don't have to know ...
GARY DOHERTY It was tough not having those kids, but I saw some good things from the kids that filled in for them...
GARY DOHERTY This team is ready to play. The overall talent in the league is amazing, but I want our team going o...
GARY DOHERTY We came out in the first half, and we weren't ready to play. I don't want to say we gave them the re...
GARY DOHERTY We didn't push the ball inside like we could have. We might have come out a little intimidated, and ...
ERIN DOHERTY A great business success was probably never attained by chasing the dollar, but is due to pride in o...
HENRY DOHERTY I fall in love with Britain every day, with bridges, buses, blue skies... but it’s a brutal world,...
PETE DOHERTY This project gives me so much joy; I'm very happy to do this. I'm so fortunate to be one link in the...
KAY DOHERTY This story just illustrates the spirit of God and (that) the spirit is contagious. There are hundred...
KAY DOHERTY I took a little quiet retreat time. It was like, 'Hey, dummy, walk yourself.' The inner clarity came...
KAY DOHERTY You don't get anywhere fighting people you know you can beat.
JOE DOHERTY If you think something is wrong in government, you've got to get it out in the open. If you can't co...
JOE DOHERTY His legs are one of his strong points. I was just trying to stay away from his legs as much as possi...
KYLE DOHERTY He was set up for it pretty good. I just didn't go for it. I choked.
KYLE DOHERTY I saw him step up to the outside. I just locked it in and started driving. Coming into the state tou...
KYLE DOHERTY This is the greatest feeling in the world. I have dreamed about this since my freshman year.
KYLE DOHERTY It's important that we report things that go on, so that the police can do something about it.
PAT DOHERTY We are excited to have David join our program, ... He is a fine young man who represents all that we...
MATT DOHERTY I think it hurts because Brent is our best defender.
MATT DOHERTY We didn't play hard for the first five minutes of the second half. For whatever reason, that happens...
MATT DOHERTY We've got be smarter and hopefully we'll be smarter when we get into league play.
MATT DOHERTY The thing about New Orleans is that you step out of your hotel and you feel the energy and see the f...
MATT DOHERTY I think so. This year I want to spend time with my family, do some TV and see where the fire burns a...
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PETER DOHERTY We played better than we did [when Bosco beat St. Joseph] last Thursday. Credit Don Bosco for tremen...
MIKE DOHERTY Total rejection may be a final step.
ROBERT DOHERTY Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion y...
HENRY L. DOHERTY Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you s...
HENRY L. DOHERTY Those who do the most for the world's advancement are the ones who demand the least.
HENRY L. DOHERTY This year, 1996, has been designated the 'Year of the Vaccine,' commemorating the 200th anni...
PETER C. DOHERTY My mother was a very talented pianist, and she was a music teacher who hated to teach music, actuall...
PETER C. DOHERTY I share Alfred Nobel's conviction that war is the greatest of all human disasters. Infectious di...
PETER C. DOHERTY Many key concepts concerning the nature of immunity have originated from the very practical need to ...
PETER C. DOHERTY The need to deal with pathogens has driven the evolution of the vertebrate immune system, so it shou...
PETER C. DOHERTY Acquire inner peace and a multitude will find their salvation near you.
CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY It's through the cross that we reach the resurrection. We should be absolutely sure of this truth, a...
CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.
CATHERINE DE HUECK DOHERTY