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Nancy Farmer Quotes

She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.

Nancy Farmer

She would drink until the trembling stopped. Then she would wilt over the piano like one of Celia's spinaches when Tam Lin forgot to water the garden.

Tags: science fiction ya, the house of the scorpion, young adult

I don't mind, he whispered. If I had a soul, I'd probably wind up in hell anyway.

Nancy Farmer

I don't mind, he whispered. If I had a soul, I'd probably wind up in hell anyway.

About Author
Nancy Farmer (born 1941) is an American writer of children's and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor Books and won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The House of the Scorpion, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002.

I love you, Matt said.I love you, too, Maria replied. I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it.If I have a soul, I'll go with you, promised Matt.

Nancy Farmer

I love you, Matt said.I love you, too, Maria replied. I know that's a sin, and I'll probably go to hell for it.If I have a soul, I'll go with you, promised Matt.

Tags: love, soul

As for asking Tam Lin, Matt didn’t know how to bring up the subject. By the way, is anyone planning to cut me up into T-bone steaks? Even more terrifying was the bodyguard’s possible answer: You hit t...

Nancy Farmer

As for asking Tam Lin, Matt didn’t know how to bring up the subject. By the way, is anyone planning to cut me up into T-bone steaks? Even more terrifying was the bodyguard’s possible answer: You hit t...

Life and death are in constant battle. There is no way in this world for happiness to exist alone...

Nancy Farmer

Life and death are in constant battle. There is no way in this world for happiness to exist alone...

For purely selfish reasons, the old man had preserved what the rest of the world had destroyed.

Nancy Farmer

For purely selfish reasons, the old man had preserved what the rest of the world had destroyed.

When you're small, you can choose which way to grow. If you're kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. The idea that if you were mean, you might stay mean forever had never occurred to h...

Nancy Farmer

When you're small, you can choose which way to grow. If you're kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. The idea that if you were mean, you might stay mean forever had never occurred to h...

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

Nancy Farmer

Look around you...Feel the wind, smell the air. Listen to the birds and watch the sky. Tell me what's happening in the wide world.

Tags: observation

Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.

Nancy Farmer

Guardian angels guide the steps of idiots.

That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.

Nancy Farmer

That was the best kind of story: when the teller was as much under its spell as the listener.

I could do it, Listen boasted. Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet. You can't even reach the on button, said Cienfuegos.

Nancy Farmer

I could do it, Listen boasted. Show me how and I could run the whole damn planet. You can't even reach the on button, said Cienfuegos.

When u are small, u can choose which way to grow. If you are kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. And if you are like El Patron . . . Just think about it. – Tam Lin

Nancy Farmer

When u are small, u can choose which way to grow. If you are kind and decent, you grow into a kind and decent man. And if you are like El Patron . . . Just think about it. – Tam Lin

I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's...

Nancy Farmer

I always say the truth is best even when we find it unpleasant. Any rat in a sewer can lie. It's how rats are. It's what makes them rats. But a human doesn't run and hide in dark places, because he's...

Slow people are just paying close attention.

Nancy Farmer

Slow people are just paying close attention.

He had no more control over his life than a dog on a chain, but caring for Lucy made him feel…well…strong.

Nancy Farmer

He had no more control over his life than a dog on a chain, but caring for Lucy made him feel…well…strong.

Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.

Nancy Farmer

Power's a strange thing, lad. It's a drug people like me crave it.

Tags: drug, power

Gods, if they're neglected, tend to fall asleep, but they never really go away.

Nancy Farmer

Gods, if they're neglected, tend to fall asleep, but they never really go away.

Don't be angry, the Bard said. Most people live inside a cage of their own expectations. It makes them feel safe. The world's a frightening place full of glory and wonder and, as we've both discovered...

Nancy Farmer

Don't be angry, the Bard said. Most people live inside a cage of their own expectations. It makes them feel safe. The world's a frightening place full of glory and wonder and, as we've both discovered...

Humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.

Nancy Farmer

Humans are endlessly stupid and greedy.

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.

Nancy Farmer

But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime.

Tags: rune, sea of trolls