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I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people under

I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. – Nina Bawden

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Ten thousand pounds is the legal value of a negligently taken life, of a child or a parent. A cold and somewhat mean-spirited calculation: you would do better if you slipped on a paving-stone and broke a front tooth. – Nina Bawden

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People who dont read seem to me mysterious. I dont know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education. – Nina Bawden

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I dont walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect. – Melanie Griffith

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I realized a while back that I have an innate ability to be compassionate, and I saw that the strength of compassion is something that healers have and healers use. – Ricky Williams

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The thing with me. I cant stick musicians. Ive thought about this. I cant stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think thats my strength I can hear what they cant. – Mark E. Smith

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My strength has the strength of ten because my heart is pure. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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