John Boyne (1971) Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction
Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Source: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
John Boyne (1971) Irish novelist, author of children's and youth fiction
Source: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Even bad times have good things in them to make you feel alive.”
Nick Hornby book A Long Way Down
Source: A Long Way Down
Gary Ross (1956) American film director
David Wagner/Bud Parker
Pleasantville (1998)
“Ah good, there's so many over there you feel they breed them just to put in orphanages.”
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921) member of the British Royal Family, consort to Queen Elizabeth II
Said while presenting a Duke of Edinburgh Award to a student. When informed that the young man was going to help out in Romania for six months, he asked if the student was going to help the Romanian orphans and was told that he was not, as quoted in "Duke under fire for Romanian orphans 'joke'" http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=255&id=998522006 in The Scotsman (8 July 2006) <br class="br">2000s
“You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.”
Maureen Johnson (1973) writer from the USA
Source: Suite Scarlett
Willem de Kooning (1904–1997) Dutch painter
(1980's)as quoted in 'A painter's testament: De Kooning in the Eighties', Robert Storr, Moma-website http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/1997/dekooning/essay.html, reprinted in 1997 <br class="br">1980's
Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist
Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 2
Dinah Craik (1826–1887) English novelist and poet
Source: A Woman's Thoughts About Women (1858), Ch. 10