Writing is a bit like being a god Charlie Higson More Quotes by Charlie Higson More Quotes From Charlie Higson There is no getting around the fact that the moment you are at your very best is the moment you begin to become worse and worse. Others will come along who can run faster, jump higher, hit harder, and you will be forgotten. Your winning moment is dated to die. Charlie Higson winning running facts There was a reason these boys were still alive, though. Something made them stronger than the other kids, the ones who had died in the early days, who had simply lain down and given up, unable to cope with the terrible things that were happening in the world. These boys were survivors. The will to live was stronger than any other feelings. Charlie Higson feelings boys kids You got to harden yourself. Make, like, a shell around you. But not everyone can do it. If they got nothing to hang on to some of them screw up. They’re not in the game no more. Charlie Higson shells screw-ups games We was half stupid, a third lucky, and three-quarters ferocious. Charlie Higson three lucky stupid There was always a slug on the lettuce. This was too good to be true. He had never trusted Jester, and didn't trust David. He wasn't going to let his gaurd down just yet. Being carful had kept him alive this far. There was no reason to stop being careful now. Charlie Higson slugs too-good-to-be-true alive Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse. Charlie Higson tin meat dog If a wolf attacks his sheep, the shepard kills the wolf, but he eats the sheep when he's hungry. Charlie Higson hungry ifs sheep My gran always said I was half clever, half stupid, and half crazy. Charlie Higson crazy stupid clever Tea? Good God, no. It's mud. How the British ever built an empire drinking the filthy stuff is beyond me. And if we carry on drinking it, I've no doubt that the empire won't last much longer. No, a civilized person drinks coffee. Charlie Higson coffee doubt drinking He knew one thing for sure, though. Whatever happened, Matt would have some handy excuse. He'd make up some story or change an old one, find some dumb quote to explain it all. Charlie Higson excuse dumb stories But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a rain forest now, am I? I won't even be able to watch old DVD's about them without electricity. What does the future hold? It's like going back to the middle ages. Nobody knowing what was going on beyond their front doorstep. All I'll ever know is this. This little bit of London. Charlie Higson dvds knowing rain No such word as can't. No such word as babagoozle neither! Charlie Higson
