A reader should know what he might reasonably expect under a particular label. John Christopher More Quotes by John Christopher More Quotes From John Christopher As Pa said, censorship encouraged people to believe nonsense. John Christopher censorship believe people I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them. John Christopher trying men memories We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future. John Christopher spurs regret loss There are times when thinking about something is the worst possible policy. John Christopher policy worst thinking Morality, for all the conditioning to which the human mind has been and is subjected, is always a personal choice in the last analysis. John Christopher analysis choices mind There is always something to lose. But maybe more to gain. John Christopher life-decision loses gains I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do. John Christopher coward reflection thinking His anger was as great as mine, but hot where mine was cold. John Christopher cold mines hot Some people are oil and water. John Christopher oil-and-water oil people The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses. John Christopher battle secret lying What tricks the mind is what the mind is glad to be tricked by. John Christopher tricks mind glad And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass. John Christopher names faces remember You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat. John Christopher fighter defeat accepting We had been friends. We could not become strangers. It left only one thing: we must be enemies. John Christopher left stranger enemy It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings. John Christopher strong feelings What men do matters more than what they know. John Christopher matter knows men I wanted to get out of there a long time ago. But I didn't have nobody I could go to, i couldn't go anywhere. I couldn't see none of my family. John Christopher top-news I want him to go to prison, and I want to be there when he go. John Christopher us The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing. John Christopher mountains worth just white The apple which tempts my characters is the one that will remove the knowledge of good and evil. I suppose it's something of a reversal of the conventional Eden story: Freedom of thought is perhaps the greatest good, and needs to be fought for and sacrificed for. John Christopher good good-and-evil freedom knowledge
