"...for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my own country. By the transport of books, that which is most foreign becomes one's familiar walks and avenues; while that which is most familiar is removed to delightful strangeness; and unmoving, one travels infinite causeways, immobile and thus unfettered."

-- Matthew Tobin Anderson

#Country Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“[C]ontinence is a very important part of yoga. If a handful of people come forward with strong wills, nothing is impossible. One Buddha changed half the globe; one Jesus, three quarters of the world. We all have that capacity. (140)”
“High level womanness occurs and is freed when the filters and the boundaries in your womanness are no longer of use to you. As a woman you then move as your own Being.”
“Any feeling that I was enriching my mind from those surrounding me was unfortunately rare with me.”
“My door will always be open to those who genuinely renounce violence and seek peaceful accommodation into our nascent democracy.”
“Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.”

Source : "Alan Rickman on 'Nobel Son'". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. December 04, 2008.
“No image, however accomplished, could have captured the agonizing poignancy of that moment. It was a moment to be lived, not framed, analysed or reduced in any way.”
“If I could be useful to another human being, even for a day, that would be a great thing. It would be greater than all the big thoughts I could have at the university.”
“Once you allow anyone to terrorize you, you will be terrorized all your life. Terror corrupts. Pretty soon you'll be terrorizing others. ... Life doesn't mean anything if you can't rid yourself of fear.”

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