"The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry."

-- Reynolds Price

#Reading Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“But why had he always felt so strongly the magnetic pull of home, why had he thought so much about it and remembered it with such blazing accuracy, if it did not matter, and if this little town, and the immortal hills around it, was not the only home he had on earth? He did not know. All that he knew was that the years flow by like water, and that one day men come home again.”

Source : Thomas Wolfe (2011). “You Can't Go Home Again”, p.77, Simon and Schuster
“In questioning initially whether I am a great investor, I open the door to question whether other similarly esteemed public icons like Bill Miller are as well. It seems, perhaps, that the longer and longer you keep at it in this business the more and more time you have to expose your Achilles heel - wherever and whatever that might be.”
“I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.”
“You know, the mountains are full of dangers, and they swallow you up. But mostly, they give.”
“A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.”
“I wouldn't say I was organised at all. I just have to prioritise. Is it more important for them to be organised, or to have their dinner, do you know what I mean?”
“It's fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it's harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying.”

Source : "Fifteen Questions with Nicholas A. Christakis". Interview with Stephanie M. Woo, www.thecrimson.com. October 20, 2011.
“When I'm out with my girlfriends at the bar, and I see some young 18-year old boy, just for fun I say, 'Hi honey. Do you like girls? Do you like girls exclusively? Oh, good.'”

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