"Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are books. They have a different vocabulary, a different alphabet, but you learn how to read them."

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Source : John McPhee (2000). “Annals of the Former World”, p.164, Macmillan

John McPhee

#Book Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“A bruise is a lesson... and each lesson makes us better.”
“Ex-Fidelity mutual fund manager Peter Lynch was certainly brilliant in one respect: he knew to get out when the gettin was good.”
“You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself.”
“Hereâ€™s to freedom, cheers to art. Hereâ€™s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.”
“At the end of the day, tech workers are not robots: they feel, they think, they have values.”

Source : "Mayor Ed Lee: ‘Tech Workers Are Not Robots’". Interview with Willy Staley, www.nytimes.com. November 12, 2013.
“Earthquakes just happen. Tornadoes just happen. Your tongue does not just happen to fall into some other girl's mouth!”
“Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.”
“It wasn't about mechanics; it was about a feeling, wanting to give someone something, which in turn was really gratifying. That really resonated for me.”

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