THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the known child. Dick Francis More Quotes by Dick Francis More Quotes From Dick Francis Most people think, when they're young, that they're going to the top of their chosen world, and that the climb up is only a formality. Without that faith, I suppose, they might never start. Somewhere on the way they lift their eyes to the summit and know they aren't going to reach it; and happiness then is looking down and enjoying the view they've got, not envying the one they haven't. Dick Francis eye views thinking Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. Dick Francis being-weird weirdness achieve I'd always found goodness more interesting then evil, though I was aware this wasn't the most general view. To my mind, it took more work and more courage to be good, an opinion continually reinforced by my own shortcomings. Dick Francis views evil interesting Everyone journeys through character as well as through time. The person one becomes depends on the person one has been. Dick Francis rough-times journey character Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they dont apply to you. Dick Francis crime law way Logic doesn't stop you feeling. You can behave logically and it can hurt like hell. Or it can comfort you. Or release you. Or all at the same time Dick Francis hurt comfort feelings Physics is the science of all the tremendously powerful invisibilities - of magnetism, electricity, gravity, light, sound, cosmic rays. Physics is the science of the mysteries of the universe. How could anyone think it dull? Dick Francis powerful science thinking But one discarded dreams and got dressed, and made what one could of the day. Dick Francis discarded made dream Love's easy to learn. It's like taking a risk. You set your mind on it and refuse to be afraid, and in no time you feel terrifically exhilarated and all your inhibitions fly out of the window. Dick Francis risk mind window I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit. Dick Francis ruins next self Good manners are a sign of strength. Dick Francis good-manners good-man manners A jump jockey has to throw his heart over the fence - and then go over and catch it. Dick Francis jockeys fence heart Life has a way of kicking one along like a football, or so I've found. Fate had never dealt me personally a particularly easy time, but that was OK, that was normal. Most people, it seemed to me, took their turn to be football. Most survived. Some didn't. Dick Francis fate football people Historically, more people have died of religion than cancer. Dick Francis cancer-survivor cancer people Let an idea swim to the surface like a fish in a pool...let the mind drift to the vision. Dick Francis swim mind ideas Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography: and its rewards were greater than I expected. Dick Francis tasks self writing I hadn’t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone who had run off with her and was living with her somewhere else... (God took your mother, dear, because he needed her more than you do) which had never endeared him to me Dick Francis mother somewhere-else running Look at everything upside down.Take absolutely nothing for granted. Dick Francis upside-down granted looks People always kill Caesar. Don't trust anyone. Dick Francis cant-trust-anyone dont-trust-anyone people Emotion is a rotten base for politics. Dick Francis rotten politics emotion
