"Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for."

-- Alice Walker

#Life Quotes #Art Quotes #Book Quotes

“Reasons are for peasants.”

Source : Matthew Woodring Stover (1998). “Jericho Moon”, N A L Trade
“It's not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they exceed or even abuse the limits of their power.”

Source : "Trump's Criticism Of Judges Out Of Line With Past Presidents". Interview with Nina Totenberg, kucb.org. February 11, 2017.
“I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.”
“Forever all goodness will be most charming; forever all wickedness will be most odious.”
“I'll have to calm down a bit. Or else I'll burst with happiness”
“I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.”
“It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?”

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