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My Name Is Mina

David Almond

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Anything seems possible at night when the rest of the world has gone to sleep.”

“Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.”

“Writing will be like a journey, every word a footstep that takes me further into undiscovered land.”

“Maybe we're all in somebody's dream. Maybe everything's a dream, and nothing else.”

“And what is wrong with playing with words? Words love to be played with, just like children or kittens do!”

“I sit in my tree I sing like the birds My beak is my pen My songs are my poems.”

“Yes. But sad's alright. Sad's just apart of everything”

“Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing.”

“We stand dead still and we listen to the night. The city drones. An owl hoots and a cat howls and a dog barks and a siren wails. We let the stars shine into us.”

“Sometimes children must be left alone to be still and silent, and to do.”

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Book Keywords:

words, hope, night, writing, imagination, sleep, creativity, poetry, beautiful

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