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Quotes

11by people from here

Are all men in disguise except those crying?

1986

★ 3.5

Novel · Children's literature

I will not pretend I wasn't petrified. I was. But mixed in with the awful fear was a glorious feeling of excitement. Most of the really exciting things we do in our lives scare us to death. They wouldn't be exciting if they didn't.

Danny, the Champion of the World · 1975

★ 3.5

Novel · Children's literature

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

The Twits · 1980

★ 3.5

Novel · Children's literature

You’ll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that.

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator · 1972

★ 2.0

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Books

1set here

Austerlitz

2001★ 7.6

Art

1held here

San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk

1912★ 6.3

Movies

1set or made here

How Green Was My Valley

1941★ 2.1