"When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2014). “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves”, p.273, Serpent's Tail

Karen Joy Fowler

#Running Quotes #Book Quotes #Long Quotes

“It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.”
“No one will want a piece of us in 2009.”
“Thankfully, I'm not superstitious.”
“Some few have a natural talent for office-bolding; very many for office-seeking.”
“We have the promise of God's being our God, and of the blessing by Christ for ourselves, as we are Abraham's seed, yet take the whole promise collectively made to him and us.”
“Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.”
“There never was night that had no morn.”
“He is indeed the 'Lamb.' There is nothing harsh or haughty or retaliative about Him.”

Source : J. Sidlow Baxter (1994). “Awake, My Heart: Daily Devotional Studies for the Year”, p.89, Kregel Publications

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