Novelist Rumer Godden was born on this date in 1907. Some words of wisdom from her:
- There is an Indian proverb that says that everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional, and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time but unless we go into every room every day, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.
- When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.
- Wanting is the beginning of getting.
- Drink very good tea out of a thin Worcester cup of colour between apricot and pink.
- You can be a nuisance to your family. You mustn't be a nuisance to your friends.
- With everything that happens to you, with everyone you meet who is important to you, you either die a little or are born.
- As one gets older being sad and miserable can become a bit of a habit. To counteract this, she suggests making a point of savouring such things as the tastiness of a piece of fruit, or other small things we might have been prone to overlook during our younger, busier days.
- It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.
- If you love the wrong people it's still love, isn't it, no matter what kind of love.
- People don't know the consolations of being unsuccessful... If I had been successful I should have had no peace or time.
NEW!
Who's That Girl?
Matt Webster lives in a tower block and attends a failing school. He dreams of being a spy like James Bond. Little does he know that he is being watched by someone who can make him into even more than that – a superhero.
His first solo mission is to attend a ball at the Decembrian Embassy and discover who is planning to steal a priceless diamond. While there, he meets the mysterious Lady Antonia du Cane, and is powerfully drawn to her. It soon becomes clear, however, that Lady du Cane is not what she seems. Matt’s quest to discover who she really is almost costs him his career.
A modern day Guy Fawkes gathers a coterie around him with the aim of blowing up Parliament with a nuclear bomb. To achieve this, they need money. Lots of it. Selling the Heart of Decembria Diamond will provide more than enough. All that stands in their way is the Freedom League – but the League is beset by internal disagreements. Can the heroes put their differences aside in time to save the day?
Prime Minister Richard Miller and his wife Fiona grieve for their daughter, Yasmin, who has been missing for three years, and is presumed to be dead. Viper agent Violet Parker could hold the key to what happened to Yasmin, but Violet is accused of giving away the organisation’s secrets. She is to be executed without trial. Will she take her knowledge of what happened to Yasmin with her to her grave?
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