"Socrates affirmed that only that which the reader already knows can be sparked by a reading, and that the knowledge cannot be acquired through dead letters."

-- Alberto Manguel

#Reading Quotes #Letters Quotes #Reader Quotes

“The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women”
“The abundance, the solidity, and the splendor of the results already achieved by science are well fitted to inspire us with a cheerful confidence in the soundness of its method.”

Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
“I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.”
“A rooster crows only when it sees the light. Put him in the dark and he'll never crow. I have seen the light and I'm crowing.”
“I'm glad the truth is out. I'm glad everyone knows I'm innocent, not guilty.”
“The new experience that has replaced dignified suffering is artificially prolonged, opaque, depersonalized maintenance.”
“As a boy, I wanted to be the Peruvian Diego Maradona. Sadly, Peru hasnt made the World Cup since 1982, so I guess I did well to choose something different.”

Source : "Daniel Alarcón" by Jennifer L. Knox, www.newyorker.com. June 14 & 21, 2010.
“I had been a fashion photographer for over ten years, but I'd always been dissatisfied with what I was doing. It was all about selling people, and I got disheartened by the whole industry.”

Source : Interview with Lisa Rueff, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.

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