"[Friendship] is a relationship that has no formal shape, there are no rules or obligations or bonds as in marriage or the family, it is held together by neither law nor property nor blood, there is no glue in it but mutual liking. It is therefore rare."

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Source : Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.96, Modern Library

Wallace Stegner

#Blood Quotes #Law Quotes #Together Quotes

“Play is older than culture, for culture, however inadequately defined, always presupposes human society, and animals have not waited for man to teach them their playing.”

Source : Johan Huizinga (1949). “Homo Ludens”, p.1, Taylor & Francis
“I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.”
“Have you noticed that all the people in favor of birth control are already born?”
“There's no better teacher for writing than reading... Get a library card. That's the best investment.”
“What Shakespeare and the Greeks were able to do was radically question what it meant to be a human being.”
“Talent is the discipline, commitment, and willpower to practice/train/study often, long, and hard. Discover your passion and pay the price.”
“I want my life to effect the balance to the positive.”
“A presentation copy, reader,-if haply you are yet innocent of such favours-is a copy of a book which does not sell, sent you by the author.”

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