Thomas Lovejoy famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Cloisters, ancient libraries ... I was confusing learning with the smell of cold stone.

  • Every library is a library of preferences, and every chosen category implies an exclusion.

  • It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a louder, clearer, more durable library of the banned, looted, plundered, shredded or curtailed.

  • Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.

  • Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

  • I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop.

  • That Beatle euphoria has always been there, and it's hard to be in a room with a Beatle and try to be totally natural. You never shake that off.

  • Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena.

  • The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.

  • Our food is safer and our diets are more diverse than ever before; production methods are becoming increasingly sustainable, clean and efficient; and we are constantly becoming better at protecting biodiversity.