"My God, to read without joy is stupid."

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Source : John Williams (2010). “Stoner”, p.13, New York Review of Books

John Towner Williams

#Stupid Quotes #Joy Quotes

“If the situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, Britain will argue for Zimbabwe's suspension from the Commonwealth at the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in March.”

Source : "UK threat to punish Mugabe" by Andrew Meldrum and Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2002.
“Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.”
“Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true.”
“Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.”
“Love your sport. Never do it to please someone else; it has to be yours. That is all that will justify the hard work. Compete against yourself, not others, for that is who is truly your best competition.”
“Much more than a 20th-century village storyteller, Cees Nooteboom stands as an impressive and inimitable voice among contemporary writers.”
“Nothing so demoralizes the forces of the soul as fear. Only as we realize the presence of the Lord does fear give place to faith.”
“Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but BAD GUYS do.”

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