"Nothing is pleasanter to me than exploring in a library."

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Source : Walter Savage Landor (1836). “Pericles and Aspasia”, p.205

Walter Savage Landor

#Library Quotes #Exploring Quotes

“... unhappiness is like marriage. We believe we chose it, but then it is choosing us. That is how it is, we can do nothing about it.”
“We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.”
“We can all be grateful that there is a place like (University of) North Texas! North Texas has been unique among schools in the country that offer jazz studies . . . quality!”
“If I see another David Gold interview on the poor East End Jewish boy done good I'll impale myself on one of his dildos.”

Source : "Forget Bruce, trouble starts with true blue Sullivan" by Simon Jordan, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2006.
“There's many things that I am. And all of those things come together at some point. If somebody wants to limit me, you know and they'll say, 'Well, this is Walter Mosley, the mystery writer.' I don't like that. Because I do many things.”
“I know I have pretty good instincts.”
“When I go to the movies, one of my strongest desires is to be shown something new. I want to go to new places, meet new people, have new experiences. When I see Hollywood formulas mindlessly repeated, a little something dies inside of me: I have lost two hours to boors who insist on telling me stories I have heard before.”

Source : Roger Ebert (2009). “Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007”, Andrews McMeel Publishing
“When real revival happens, it changes the moral climate of a community...because we've turned from our wicked ways.”

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