"Hold a book in your hand and you're a pilgrim at the gates of a new city."

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Source : Anne Michaels (2010). “Fugitive Pieces”, p.156, Emblem Editions

Anne Michaels

#Inspirational Quotes #Book Quotes #Healing Quotes

“It is not enough to love those who are near and dear to us. We must also show them that we do so.”
“My mum wants the best for me. And I like having my mum around me.”
“Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.”
“In You Are Not Dead Wendy Xu breaks all the old rules that have never done us any favors anyway. She writes beautifully, noticing who we are, and letting us see ourselves with a little more humanity, a little more humor, a little more humility. I'm happy to have read this book.”
“Art is like a kite. You have to pull the string hard in order to stretch it to its limit, but you don't want to pull it so hard that you break the thread, because the thread connects you to the land and its peoples.”
“So all of these things are going on that make you wake up and realize you are a mortal person. You can choose to cruise through your life, but if you do, you're going to open your eyes at some point, and it's gone.”
“Well, thatâ€™s not something you see every day. Go tell your father that Grandma needs the grenades.”
“There's nobody playing better than J.R. Sweezy”

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