"If you are one of the hewers of wood and drawers of small weekly paychecks, your letters will have to contain some few items of news or they will be accounted dry stuff.... But if you happen to be of a literary turn of mind, or are, in any way, likely to become famous, you may settle down to an afternoon of letter-writing on nothing more sprightly in the way of news than the shifting of the wind from south to south-east."

-- Robert Benchley

#Writing Quotes #Wind Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Given the irreversibility of the death penalty, the possibility of a wrongful conviction can never be overstated”

Source : "S.F's district attorney on the death penalty" by George Gascon, www.sfgate.com. April 30, 2011.
“He had put his hand up in class, a declaration of existence, a claim that he knew something. And that was forbidden to him. They could give a number of reasons for why they had to torment him; he was too fat, too ugly, too disgusting. But the real problem was simply that he existed, and every reminder of his existence was a crime.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2010). “Let Me In”, p.10, Macmillan
“The spirit of Christmas is Christlike love.”
“There is a price to pay for accomplishment.”
“If the kingdom of God is not first, it doesn't matter what's second.”
“Reading is the way out of ignorance, and the road to achievement.”
“Being in the dark, there's a real weight to it. It's heavy.”
“Because of our library system anyone in America can educate themselves in any field they desire. If they are confused, librarians (that without exception in my forty-seven years experience with them) actually want to help; they take the time to try and get whatever is needed. For free. For anybody.”

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