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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions. Angela Carter

Ambition Incurable Enterprises Most Principle Himself Cover Passions Person Inflexible Where Appearance Even

What a joy it is to dance and sing! Angela Carter

Joy Dance Sing

Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence. Angela Carter

Soul Anxiety Beginning Innocence Parent Which Compatible Conscience

If the Barbarians are destroyed, who will we then be able to blame for the bad things? Angela Carter

Blame Will Bad Things Destroyed Bad Able Barbarians Then Who Things

It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all. Angela Carter

Better Passion Valued Object Never Perhaps Than

What is marriage but prostitution to one man instead of many? Angela Carter

Man Marriage One-Man Instead Many

It's every woman's tragedy, that, after a certain age, she looks like a female impersonator. Mind you, we've known some lovely female impersonators, in our time. Angela Carter

You must realize that I was suffering from love and I knew him as intimately as I knew my own image in a mirror. In other words, I knew him only in relation to myself. Angela Carter

Love Myself You Suffering Words Mirror Own Other Relation Must My Own Only Knew Him In Other Words Realize Image

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day. Angela Carter

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I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common. Angus Wilson

Man Except He Concern Common Common Man Should

I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below. Angus Wilson

Morning Scent Few White Air Charged Fine Window Opened Office Stood May Central Room Warm Breathing Then Full Full-On Large Moments Early Below Soft

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly. Anita Desai

Work Writing Try Style Own Too Structure Allow Unfold Story

Ever since I could first write I have been doing so. When I was taught how to write and read at school, I made up my mind that this was what I love to do best and this was the world I was going to occupy. Anita Desai

Love Best World School Mind Made First Could Write Since Read Occupy How Doing Been Up Going Taught Ever

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past. Anita Desai

Family History Book Backwards Past Believe Digging Back Ancestors Visits Give Felt Impression Begins Family History Going Ends Tunnel

This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a TWA flight attendant then. I stood in my Ralph Lauren uniform at the boarding door and smiled at the passengers through lips coated with lipstick that perfectly matched the stripe on my jacket. Mostly, the passengers smiled back. Ann Hood

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There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the coffin, and I sent the cozy flannel one, pale blue with happy snowmen, that had just been put away with the winter linens. Ann Hood

Through the eight books in 'The Treasure Chest' series, readers will meet twins Maisie and Felix and learn the secrets and rules of time travel, where they will encounter some of these famous and forgotten people. In Book 1, Clara Barton, then Alexander Hamilton, Pearl Buck, Harry Houdini, and on and on. Ann Hood

Time Travel Book People Will Alexander Meet Books Harry Secrets Rules Some Through Buck Houdini Learn Readers Hamilton Chest Encounter Time Travel Forgotten Eight Famous Where Then Series Twins Pearl Treasure

Babies make you do things for them. They get you up and they get you moving. Ann Hood

You Babies Make Up Get Moving Them Things

When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children. Ann Hood

I am thrilled to write 'The Treasure Chest,' and to bring to life not only the childhoods of famous people from history, but also the characters of Maisie and Felix, who I hope you will fall in love with just as I have! Ann Hood

When I began my career as a flight attendant, I was a 21-year-old with a B.A. in English and stars in her eyes. I wanted to see every city in the world. I wanted to have adventures that, I hoped, would fuel a writing career some day. Ann Hood

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