Thought for the Day

"I usually have a vague idea of what the ending will be, but I never plan out how I'm going to get there; the fun part is finding out what happens along the way. And quite often the ending changes once I work out what the story is all about."

~ Philip Reeve

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“I do not think that you can be changing the end of a song or a story like that, as though it were quite separate from the rest. I think the end of a story is part of it from the beginning.”

~ Rosemary Sutcliff

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"All stories are ultimately about the fall."

~ J. R. R. Tolkien

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"After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world."

~ Philip Pullman

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"Stories can conquer fear, you know. They can make the heart bigger."

~ Ben Okri, poet and novelist

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"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around."

~ Sir Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)

Thought for the Day