Clare Balding Quotes

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I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we're wearing or how powerful or rich we are, they judge us in terms of sensitivity, consistency, and patience. They demand standards of behavior and levels of kindness that we, as humans, then strive to maintain.
Clare Balding (My Animals and Other Family)
I have learned not to take too much notice of those who disapprove of my lifestyle choices, because I know that I was not designed to be part of the crowd. If I am different, I make no apology, and I hope that others will have the courage to be themselves and stand up for what they believe in, fight for those who need protection, love who they want to love, and be proud of it.
Clare Balding (My Animals and Other Family)
I loved him with a passion of which I had no idea I was capable. I loved him partly to defend him against the world and partly because I genuinely believed we were soul mates.
Clare Balding (My Animals and Other Family)
Clary saw a girl about her own age with a smoothly shaved bald head leaning against a brown-skinned boy with dreadlocks, his face adorned with a dozen piercings. He turned his head as the carriage rolled by as if he could see it, and she caught the gleam of his eyes. One of them was clouded, as though it had no pupil.
Cassandra Clare (City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1))
All racehorse names in Britain have to be registered with Weatherby’s, who will ensure that names are not repeated and are not rude or offensive. Names such as Wear the Fox Hat or Sofa King Fast have been rejected on the grounds of poor taste. Other racing authorities are sometimes not as eagle-eyed or aware or how a name might sound when a commentator is in full flow. In South Africa, Hoof Hearted had tens of runs without troubling the judge while, in France, Big Tits was similarly unsuccessful.
Clare Balding (My Animals and Other Family)
Thus — I am Sebastian Knight. I feel as if I were impersonating him on a lighted stage, with the people he knew coming and going — the dim figures of the few friends he had, the scholar, the poet, the painter, — smoothly and noiselessly paying their graceful tribute […]. And then the masquerade draws to a close. The bald little prompter shuts his book, as the light fades gently. The end, the end. They all go back to their everyday life (and Clare goes back to her grave) — but the hero remains, for, try as I may, I cannot get out of my part: Sebastian’s mask clings to my face, the likeness will not be washed off. I am Sebastian, or Sebastian is I, or perhaps we both are someone whom neither of us knows.
Vladimir Nabokov (The Real Life of Sebastian Knight)
C. S. Lewis had visited the area, and the Kingdom of Mourne, as it’s known, was apparently the inspiration for Narnia. It’s a mystical,
Clare Balding (Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles)
deduction
Clare Balding (The Racehorse Who Disappeared (Charlie Bass))
Du meine Güte", flötete Tessa, an Wills Hinterkopf gerichtet. "Wenn du dich weiterhin mit Sechs-Finger-Nigel triffst, wird er erwarten, dass du dich ihm bald erklärst", säuselte sie, woraufhin Jem sich fast an seinem Tee verschluckte.
Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1))
In diesem Kleid würden Sie einfach hinreißend aussehen und sicherlich bald eine vorteilhafte Wiedervermählung in Erwägung ziehen können." Die Schneiderin zwinkerte ihr verschwörerisch zu. "Wissen Sie, wie wir dieses Modell nennen? Die Honigfalle." Jessamine kicherte, die Damenschneiderin lächelte wissend und Tessa überlegte kurz, ob sie auf die Straße hinauslaufen und ihrem Leben ein Ende setzen sollte, indem sie sich vor eine heranrasende Kutsche warf.
Cassandra Clare (Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1))
You won’t catch me sitting like a saddo drinking at lunchtime,’ he says, pouring quarter of a bottle of sherry into his Cup-a-Soup. He offers me
Clare Balding (Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles)
Sometimes you have to turn around,’ said the Grand Walking Officer. ‘If you keep just looking forward, you miss the best views.
Clare Balding (Walking Home: My Family and Other Rambles)