Top 90 Kevin Ansbro Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Grief brings many false dawns, but a solicitude of normality will undoubtedly return.”

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52. “A wind that howled like a drowning man.”

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53. “Conceit is the enemy of creativity.”

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54. “A book doesn’t come alive until it is being read.”

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55. “Always remember that love, much like our faith in God, is the kite we must fly, even on a windless day.”

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56. “The very best authors are no longer with us; so only read books written by dead people.”

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57. “Ulysses found himself hopelessly adrift within the confines of a yew-hedge maze, the leaf tips of which were lit by a Communion-wafer moon that rested on the black tongue of night.”

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58. “Poppy, a chronic insomniac in her first life, since found that sleep arrived easily, washing over her in a soporific tide that carried with it the flotsam of ambrosial dreams.”

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59. “In writing terms, even lilies need to be gilded.”

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60. “Jacob remembered too his own profound feeling of disbelief as the sun dissolved like an aspirin while he drowned beneath the sky.”

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61. “Those who believe the axiom that “Ignorance is bliss” only discovered its true meaning when the bliss began to hiss.”

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62. “Life is capricious; one moment you’re high on a mountain peak with flag in hand, the next you’re clinging to an icy ledge by your fingertips.”

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63. “Good friends are like a winning lottery ticket, wonderful to have but painful to lose.”

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64. “A lemon tree will never grow mangoes, no matter how well you treat it.”

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65. “One honest friend is worth more than a million sycophants.”

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66. “Isn’t it wonderful to be able to invite Anton Chekhov into your home?”

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67. “Death wrapped Hartvigsen tightly in its skeletal wings, causing the woodsman’s mouth to open with an eruptive gasp.”

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68. “Hugo’s eyes were full of mischief. “Then I shall endeavour to keep my tongue where it pleases you, Sofia.”

— Kevin Ansbro

69. “The midday sun was leopardskin-dappled through the trees, painting a translucent rainbow in the fountain’s mist and highlighting veined patterns on the wings of butterflies.”

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70. “I predict that there will be many more like him in the future,” she sighed. “People of privilege speaking heroically on behalf of those with whom they have no intention of mixing.”

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71. “Life is glorious, and death isn’t so bad either.”

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72. “If every do-gooder in this world actually did some good, then the world would do better.”

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73. “Only by venturing beyond reality do we find the truth.”

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74. “I cherished you, my one true love,” he said tearfully. “You were the cadenza to my song and I will love you for all eternity.”

— Kevin Ansbro

75. “Henry was inclined to drift towards books as keenly as a duck paddles for bread crusts.”

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76. “We live in a bizarre world where the only people who can make money are those who don’t need it. Our government would charge the poor an admission fee just to gaze up at the sky if they could only find a way of owning it.”

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77. “Klahan shook his head in sorrow and offered an opinion. “This is the problem with humankind. Apart from very few exceptions, you cannot co-exist harmoniously.”

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78. “Dreams are the lives we would like to live while we’re awake.”

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79. “Love had taken possession of Pablo’s soul, the kind of love that gnaws away at a person’s rationality, that has them stumbling over their words and leaves them frantic with desire.”

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80. “Books had always been Luna’s escape, her flung-open windows to the universe; without them her life would have been intolerably lonely.”

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81. “Viktor passed from this world, hoping to reunite with his father accompanied by a heavenly chorus. His last word was a froth of blood as death carried him away like blossom on the wind.”

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82. “If you do not work hard for something,” said Pablo brightly, “it will never be truly yours.”

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83. “My friend, it is a firm belief of mine that if a gentleman is to secure the services of a London cab then he should certainly carry a carrot on his person. Why only tip the driver and not the horse?”

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84. “A book, you see, comes alive when it is being read and some of these have lived a thousand lives.”

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85. “The midday sun was leopardskin-dappled through the trees, painting a translucent rainbow in the fountain’s mist...”

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86. “Me? Scrubbing blood from carpets? It would be like asking Nureyev to do the conga.”

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87. “The train’s doors closed with a matron’s shush.”

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88. “It was Thomas Edison’s belief that the spirits of the dead, along with every word spoken, exist among us.” She paused to pull open a croissant. “But it is my belief that extraterrestrial voices exist among us too. They are, in effect, whistling in the wind, hoping to be heard.”

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89. “The start of a new novel carried with it a sense of occasion, and the alphabets in Luna’s mind started to shuffle their letters in anticipation. She opened the book and began to read...”

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90. “The man has an executioner’s stare and a handshake that could crush a coconut. But scratch beneath the surface, Luna, and you will find the most loyal friend.”

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