Nuneaton Escape Bookshelf: Jenni's Shelf

Faith: “We can believe what we choose for we are answerable for what we choose to believe.” Sir John Henry Newman

Family: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” Winnie the Pooh (AA Milne)

Tablecloth: (the name of my pet elephant) “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein

Mosi-oa-Tunya: (The smoke that thunders) “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela

England: “The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” George Bernard Shaw

Water: "Would you learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers, comprehend its mystery!” “The sound and smell of the sea cleanses my soul.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Books: “Suddenly Kiki gave an alarming screech, lost her balance and fell right off the tower! She disappeared below and the children leapt up in horror. Then they sat down again, smiling and feeling rather foolish – for, of course, as soon as she fell, Kiki spread out her wings and soared into the air!” Enid Blyton

Marriage and love: “Two bodies, One heart, two minds one soul, love is the spark that ignites the fire of magic within us.” JRR Tolkien

Diving: “If there is magic on this planet it is contained in in water.” Loren Eisley

Home: “Never laugh at live dragons.” JRR Tolkien

Cats: “What is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile? Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.” Terry Pratchett

Past times: “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” Paul Cezanne

“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” JK Rowling

Friends: “A hug is always the right size.” Winnie the Pooh [AA Milne]

Black hole: (Depression) “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairing, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I will still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” Agatha Christie

Warwickshire: “Not one foot will I fly, so long as breath bides within my breast; for, by Him that shaped both sea and land, this day shall end the battles or my life. I will die King of England.” Richard III of England (Shakespeare)

Penguin: (My eldest son) “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” Winnie the Pooh [AA Milne]

Shark: (My youngest son) “Love is the closest thing that we have to magic.” Unknown

Travel: “Make no judgments where you have no compassion.” Anne McCarthy

“The traveller sees what he sees; the tourist sees what he has come to see.” JK Chesterton

Scouts: “Everyone is a genius. But if you try and judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing it's stupid.” Albert Einstein.

Mental health: “Deep in the forest I stroll to hear the wisdom of my soul.” Terry Pratchett

“I will find comfort in the rhythm of the sea.” Charlotte Eriksson

Cats: “I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest.” William Shakespeare.

Future: “Hope is the magic carpet that transports us from the present moment into the realm of the of infinite possibilities.” Jackson Brown.

“Children are the hope of the world the future that God has entrusted us to nurture and guide.” Unknown

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde

Inspiration: “I incite this meeting to rebellion!” Emily Pankhurst

“Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.” Sophie Scholl

“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.” Saint Joan of Arc.

“The life that I have Is all that I have And the life that I have is yours.” Violette Szabo.

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