"Fitting people with books is about as difficult as fitting them with shoes."

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Source : Sylvia Beach (1991). “Shakespeare and Company”, p.105, U of Nebraska Press

Sylvia Beach

#Book Quotes #Shoes Quotes #People Quotes

“There is no such thing as an average human being. If you have a normal brain, you are superior.”

Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.18, Psychology Press
“People are scared. People are generally xenophobic - they're scared of what's different. If you're ignorant as well as scared, then you might end up hating something that you're scared of.”
“Anne always remembered the silvery, peaceful beauty and fragrant calm of that night. It was the last night before sorrow touched her life; and no life is ever quite the same again when once that cold, sanctifying touch has been laid upon it.”
“We can't want an education for kids more than they want it for themselves.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“A hydrogen bomb, for me, was puny compared to the Big Bang - the creation of the universe. That's what I really wanted to work on - the nature of the universe itself, and that's what I do for a living.”
“The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.”

Source : Le Genie de Christianisme pt. 2, bk. 1, ch. 3 (1802)
“But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.”

Source : "Piers Morgan Tonight", www.cnn.com. December 9, 2011.
“You cannot have a society of angels except in heaven”

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