Joanne Harris Quotes - Page 3

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• A man who casts no shadow isn't really a man at all.

  Joanne Harris

  Men, Shadow, Casts

  Joanne Harris (2010). “The Lollipop Shoes (Chocolat 2)”, p.34, Random House

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• If you want to know what's important to a culture, learn their language.

  Joanne Harris

  Important, Culture, Want

  "This much I know: Joanne Harris". Interview with Emma John, www.theguardian.com. March 27, 2010.

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• What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?

  Joanne Harris

  Liars, Fiction

  "Blueeyedboy". Book by Joanne Harris, 2010.

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• If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

  Joanne Harris

  Horse, Wish, Beggar

  Joanne Harris (2007). “The lollipop shoes”, Doubleday UK

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• A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.

  Joanne Harris

  Real, Tantrums, Littles

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• Divination is a means of telling ourselves what we already know.

  Joanne Harris

  Mean, Knows

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.69, Penguin

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• Guilleaume left La Praline with a small bag of florentines in his pocket; before he had turned the corner of avenue des Francs Bourgeois I saw him stoop to offer one to the dog. A pat, a bark, a wagging of the short stubby tail. As I said, some people never have to think about giving.

  Joanne Harris

  Dog, Thinking, People

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.30, Penguin

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• Death should be a celebration. Like a birthday. I want to go up like a rocket when my time comes, and fall down in a cloud of stars, and hear everyone go: ahh!

  Joanne Harris

  Stars, Fall, Clouds

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• The battle of good and evil reduced to a fat woman standing in front of a chocolate shop, saying, Will I? Won’t I? in pitiful indecision.

  Joanne Harris

  Evil, Chocolate, Battle

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.26, Penguin

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• A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

  Joanne Harris

  Good Luck, Midnight, Spiders

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.35, Penguin

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• I liked her better for showing a little spirit.

  Joanne Harris

  Littles, Spirit

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.208, Penguin

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• Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part of what makes us who we are.

  Joanne Harris

  Mother, Home, Shadow

  Joanne Harris (2007). “The lollipop shoes”, Doubleday UK

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• I carried recipes in my head like maps.

  Joanne Harris

  Maps, Recipes

  Joanne Harris (2000). “Chocolat”, p.49, Penguin

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• Library-denigrators, pay heed:suggesting that the Internet is a viable substitute for libraries is like saying porn could replace your wife.

  Joanne Harris

  Wife, Library, Pay

  Joanne Harris @Joannechocolat, twitter.com. February 14, 2013.

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• I'd rather be a freak than a clone.

  Joanne Harris

  Freak

  Joanne Harris (2007). “The lollipop shoes”, Doubleday UK

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• I'm politically inclined towards the left, but I don't like to be in anyone's gang; I'm a bit of a loose cannon.

  Joanne Harris

  Gang, Cannons, Left

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• Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark." "Nat Parson's a gobshite." Maddy was torn between a natural feeling of sacrilege and a deep admiration of anyone who dared call a parson 'gobshite.

  Joanne Harris

  Feelings, Devil, Admiration

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• Was it my fault that I got out of hand? --Loki

  Joanne Harris

  Hands, Faults

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• All those moments, those memories. Everything that we are, compressed in just two or three kilos of paper — the weight of a human heart.

  Joanne Harris

  Memories, Heart, Two

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• Gods? Don't let that impress you. Anyone can be a god if they have enough worshippers. You don't even have to have powers anymore. In my time I've seen theatre gods, gladiator gods, even storyteller gods - you people see gods everywhere. Gives you an excuse for not thinking for yourselves. God is just a word. Like Fury. like demon, Just words people use for things they don't understand. Reverse it and you get dog. It's just as appropriate.

  Joanne Harris

  Dog, Thinking, People

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• And so Nat stood up and joined the group, and followed, and watched, and awaited his chance as the light of Chaos lit the plain and gods and demons marched to war.

  Joanne Harris

  War, Light, Groups

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• Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais, who used food wonderfully as a metaphor for sensuality.

  Joanne Harris

  Pioneers, Fiction, Use

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• I don't think I've ever had a mentor. The closest thing is my friend Christopher Fowler, another writer. Chris kept me sane for a long time before I made it.

  Joanne Harris

  Thinking, Long, Mentor

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• Online communities are an expression of loneliness.

  Joanne Harris

  Loneliness, Expression, Community

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• I can write absolutely anywhere. All I need is a laptop.

  Joanne Harris

  Writing, Needs, Laptops

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