Quotes by Adele

“So much for a Happy Halloween! I thought sarcastically. I should wear a huge sign around my neck from now onwards that reads: Stay clear of me if you want your party to survive the night!”

“Soon, they actually began to titter on their toes as they glared at me, looking more like an army of angry wasps than ever before. All they needed now were matching yellow and black jumpers and pre...”

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

“I have advice for people who want to write. I don't care whether they're 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable ...”

“It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine.”

“In so-called primitive societies there are two words for power, mana and taboo: the power which creates and the power which destroys; the power which is benign and the power which is malign. Odd th...”

“The artist is a servant who is willing to be a birthgiver. In a very real sense the artist (male or female) should be like Mary who, when the angel told her that she was to bear the Messiah, was ob...”

“Was there anyone in this world who could taste something delicious-economic freedom and political reform-a taste that was salty and fattening and sweet and promising, and only be satisfied with one...”

“A book comes and says, 'Write me.”

“The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.”

“The religious scholars I have consulted are passionate about the need for political leaders to educate themselves in the varieties of faith and to see religion more as a potential means for reconci...”

“The story comes, and it is pure story. That's all I set out to write. But I don't believe that we can write any kind of story without including, whether we intend to or not, our response to the wor...”

“Lords of spirit, Lords of breath,Lords of fireflies, stars, and light,Who will keep the world from death?Who will stop the coming night?Blue eyes, blue eyes, have the sight.”

“There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other w”

“... scar tissue was the strongest tissue in the human body.”

“I make music for ears, not eyes”

“We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.”

“Creativity is a way of living life, no matter what our vocation, or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts...”

“She was enfolded in the great wings of Mrs. Whatsit and she felt comfort and strength pouring through her. Mrs. Whatsit was not speaking aloud, and yet through the wings Meg understood words."My ch...”

“We want them to see their home planet," Mrs. Whatsit said. The Medium lost the delighted smile she had worn till then. "Oh, why must you make me look at unpleasant things when there are so many del...”