"Books were my passion and my escape from madness."

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Source : Dorothea Benton Frank (2007). “The Christmas Pearl”

Dorothea Benton Frank

#Book Quotes #Passion Quotes #Madness Quotes

“Solemnity is the shield of idiots”
“Religion and science, then, in my analysis are the two great sister forces which have pulled, and are still pulling, mankind onward and upward.”
“I played rugby for years, and I had a rugby jacket that I lost when I was 14. Somehow, my brother found it in storage 15 years later, and he gave it back to me for my 30th birthday. That was amazing and probably one of the best gifts I've ever received.”
“Sophistication" is another word for that inventive mix of tolerance, resilience, and resourcefulness city people develop.”
“So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.”
“Mental communication without verbalization... all space is made up of waves and we are constantly sending and receiving messages from our brain”
“I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Luke Bainbridge, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2009.
“Myrnin was silent for a beat, and then he said, "Bob would be very disappointed in you.”

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