"There is nothing like books - of all things sold incomparably the cheapest, of all pleasure the least palling, they take up little room, keep quiet when they are not wanted, and, when taken up, bring us face to face with the choicest men who ever lived, at their choicest moments."

-- Samuel Palmer

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“The climate, the economic situation, rising birth rates; none of these things give me a lot of hope or reason to be optimistic.”
“We are even higher than the heavens, we are greater than angels; Why should we not transcend both? Our lodging-place is Majesty.”
“Sara Blair's Harlem Crossroads is an important addition to the body of literature that currently exists about Harlem. It brilliantly illuminates the complex relationship between photographic representation and race, and adds new insight into the ways in which this one black community has figured in both the critical and public imaginations. Harlem Crossroads is a tour de force.”
“The most important rule: Do not, I repeat, do not censor yourself in any way. Leave your editorial mind out of the loop. Just let the ideas come pouring out in any way, shape, or form they want to. Do not judge anything.”

Source : James Scott Bell (2004). “Write Great Fiction - Plot & Structure”, p.44, Writer's Digest Books
“Anytime four New Yorkers get into a cab together without arguing, a bank robbery has just taken place.”
“The sky grew darker and the moon rose higher as the evening wore on. and without either or them being conscious of it, they began to regain the intimacy, the bond of familiarity, they had once shared.”
“I was known as a Yankee killer. My best year against them was 1953. I beat them five times and shut them out four times. You just played a little harder against them.”
“Everybody wants to solve everybody's problems.”

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