"We read for instruction, for correction, and for consolation."

-- Christina, Queen of Sweden

#Reading Quotes #Instruction Quotes #Consolation Quotes

“President Reagan achieved such successes because when you sat in a room with him, there could be over 1,000 people in the room, yet you felt like there was only the two of you, and his wonderful wit would put you at ease. That was a tremendous gift.”
“Both biological and cultural diversity are now severely threatened and working for their preservation is a critical task.”
“It is not the natural movement of film that gives the objects their expression, but the artistic movement, that is to say, a rhythmical movement regulated by itself in which variations and pulsations form a part of the artistic design.”
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned my whole life, time and age are but an illusion.”
“Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.”
“The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things”

Source : James Howard Kunstler (1994). “Geography Of Nowhere: The Rise And Declineof America'S Man-Made Landscape”, p.117, Simon and Schuster
“I am quite wiling to confide entirely in human being, except that at some moment or another human beings get preoccupied, moody, busy, inattentive, and there come an end to the interest, and this never happens in a journal!”
“It's a rare thing to find somebody you can work with, work off of, and have fun with.”

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