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" I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery. A good book always keeps you asking questions, and makes you keep turning pages so you can find out the answers. "

Rick Riordan

Think

Book

Caring

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Rita Mae Brown

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" Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun. "

" Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing. "

" If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. "

" I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn't until I was 13 and discovered the 'Lord of the Rings' that I learned to love reading. "

" I want someone who can keep me on my toes, has a good sense of humor and a good heart. "

" Transparency, honesty, kindness, good stewardship, even humor, work in businesses at all times. "

" It's always hard to wrap up a series. The longer I spend with the characters, the more they become like friends. "

" Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too. "

" I have more ideas than I'll ever be able to write in five lifetimes. "

" Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is. "

" No one spoke in terms of children's literature, as opposed to adult literature, until around the 1940s. It wasn't categorised much before then. Even Grimm's tales were written for adults. But it is true that ever since 'Harry Potter' there has been a renaissance in fantasy literature. J. K. Rowling opened the door again. "

" People with a sense of humor tend to be less egocentric and more realistic in their view of the world and more humble in moments of success and less defeated in times of travail. "

" A good-humored wife who appreciates most, if not all, of my humor - her price is far above rubies, as the book of Proverbs doesn't quite say. "

" I don't teach anymore, but I can still clearly see fifth period after lunch - that's a real tough time to teach. And I tried to imagine writing a story that would appeal to those kids - even when they're tired, even when they're bouncing off the walls. "

" Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. "

" We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor. "

" I always love it when I hear back from kids who say they discovered Percy Jackson and now wear their learning difference as a badge of honour. "

" Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives. "

" If you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor. "

" There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt. "

" Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is. "

" Professional comedians, surprisingly, have a lack of humor. They're insensitive to the insanity of our times. "

" I think kids will read more good books than we can possibly produce. "

" I come from a family of teasers myself. My grandfather was from Liverpool, and he had a dry sense of humor, and he would tease us terribly. My brother Beau was so skilled in his teasing that he could get a rise out of me by simply pointing at me. "

Jeff Bridges

Myself

Brother

" In the household in which I was raised, the themes were pretty simple. 'Work hard. Don't quit. Be appreciative, be thankful, be grateful, be respectful. Also, never whine, never complain. And always, for crying out loud, keep a sense of humor.' "

" I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates. "

Mac DeMarco

Twisted

Humor

" I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor. "

" People who know me, they know I have a sense of humor, I'm a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy. "

Gary Oldman

People

Humor

" Humor is an antidote to all ills. "