"Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out the side door)."

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Source : William Maxwell (1989). “The outermost dream: essays and reviews”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

William Maxwell

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“Don't go through life, grow though life”
“We simply argue that climate change consequences was one of the impacts, but interestingly enough, even though a major effort was made in 2008 to try and resurrect the problem over food, now the consequences of the civil war are making the situation even worse.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“A label is a soul-tattoo that is ingrained deep in our hearts, so much so that it determines how we see ourselves, And how we see ourselves determines how we live... A destructive label leads to a destructive life. There is a soul thief, a dark enemy, who wants to nail ruinous labels to your heart so that he can steal your life. Jesus wants to give you life giving labels that release your potential for the good of the world.”
“I was a savage for so many years of my life. There was some seed of determination in me that I was not conscious of. I was mostly consciously getting into trouble and drunk.”
“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”

Source : Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “101 Facts of life”, p.13, Publishdrive
“An appreciative listener is always stimulating.”
“We teach children to save their money. As an attempt to counteract thoughtless and selfish expenditure, that has value. But it is not positive; it does not lead the child into the safe and useful avenues of self-expression or self-expenditure. To teach a child to invest and use is better than to teach him to save.”
“Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.”

Source : Song: Diamonds on the Inside, 2003

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