"My father was a tyrant about reading, and that put me off books when I was little."

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Honeysuckle Weeks

#Father Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Comrade life, let us march faster, March faster through what's left of the five-year plan.”

Source : Vladimir Mayakovsky (1975). “Klop, Stikhi, Poėmy”, p.233, Indiana University Press
“The writers' strike a couple years ago was a bonanza for reality TV shows new and old.”

Source : Carole Nelson Douglas (2009). “Cat in a Topaz Tango: A Midnight Louie Mystery”, p.60, Macmillan
“We are all dangling in mid-process between what already happened (which is just a memory) and what might happen (which is just an idea). Now is the only time anything happens. When we are awake in our lives, we know what's happening. When we're asleep, we don't see what's right in front of us.”

Source : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. (2007). “Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake: Practicing the Perfections of the Heart--The Buddhist Path of Kindness”, p.87, Ballantine Books
“Addiction is perhaps a sickness of the spirit.”

Source : Osamu Dazai (1968). “The Setting Sun”, p.77, New Directions Publishing
“Africans should be talking and ask questions, like why does America and Russia have the right to veto votes? These countries talk about democracy and yet are not democratic themselves.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: I cried when I saw Fela! On Broadway - Femi Kuti". Interview with Sam Umukoro, www.premiumtimesng.com. June 17, 2013.
“Africans didn't want saving, thank you very much, least of all not by me.”
“There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I think the important thing to remember here is that we haven't been attacked again at home since September of 2001.”

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