Eva Ibbotson book The Secret of Platform 13
Variant: It's true that adventures are good for people even when they are very young. Adventures can get in a person's blood even if he doesn't remember having them.
Source: The Secret of Platform 13
“I have discovered that even the mediocre can have adventures and even the fearful can achieve.”
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New Zealand mountaineer 1919–2008Related quotes
Joseph Heller book Catch-22
Variant: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity trust upon them.
Source: Catch-22 (1961)
Context: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three.
Haidakhan Babaji teacher in northern India
Karma yoga
Source: The Teachings of Babaji, 4 February 1984.
“Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.”
Tallulah Bankhead (1902–1968) American actress
Tallulah: My Autobiography (1952)
“Even with nougat, you can have a perfect moment.”
Terry Pratchett book Thief of Time
Source: Thief of Time
