"Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human."
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"Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it."
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"your lives be as full and happy as ours,and may the seasons be kind to you and your friends. The door of our Abbey is always open to any travellers roaming the dusty path between the woodlands and the plains."
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"A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus"
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"There are enough cowards in the world without killing a brave creature for so little reason."
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"Throughout his life the memory of that happy day stayed locked secretly in (his) heart."
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"Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived."
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"My values are not based on violence. My values are based on courage, which you see time and time again in my books. A warrior isn't somebody like Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. A warrior can be any age. A warrior is a person people look up to."
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"It's a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. —Boldred"
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"I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good."
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"Sometimes friends do go from us-it will happen more and more as you grow up, Chugg. But if you really love your friends, they're never really gone. Somewhere they're watching over you and they're always there inside your heart. -Martin"
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"Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach our goal."
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"I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a best-selling children's author? I feel I should still be driving a truck, or (working as) a longshoreman."
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"I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean."
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"Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's always good and bad in the land, and goodbeasts have to protect their friends an' families from evil ones who want nothing but to conquer an' destroy."
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"I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels."
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"Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up a hullaballoo like that! Eating's a serious business."
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"If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul"
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"Sighing restlessly, the boundless sea broke huge rollers into white cream which hissed hungrily up to the tideline."
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"We could have chopped down the sycamore with this."
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