91 Quotes by David Almond

Themes around education and learning run through my work.

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

I know I'm writing better now than I ever did for adults because I'm writing for an audience who know that they don't know everything.

The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53.

Maybe we’re all in somebody’s dream. Maybe everything’s a dream, and nothing else.

Yes. But sad’s alright. Sad’s just apart of everything.

This is our world. Aye, there’s more than enough of darkness in it. But over everything there’s all this joy, Kit. There’s all this lovely, lovely light.

They say that shoulder blades are where your wings were, when you were an angel,” she said. “They say they’re where your wings will grow again one day.

You’re my best boy. Whatever happens, you’ll always be my best boy.