"A book is a book only when it is read; otherwise it is a bundle of gathered sheets of soiled paper."

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Source : Frederick Philip Grove, Paul Hjartarson (1986). “A stranger to my time: essays by and about Frederick Philip Grove”

Frederick Philip Grove

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“The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.”

Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.12, Courier Corporation
“Success is a project that's always under construction.”
“An album is a thing you take time out and go work on.”
“If guys try to make a bigger company for the sake of size, they don't create value in most cases.”
“All things pass...Perhaps the passage of time is a kind of healing, or a kind of salvation granted equally to all people.”
“Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at their uniqueness and glory. But eventually they are gone, brown, crumbling, scattered on the wind. But the tree remains. The tree is what is important. The tree lives on. That was a difficult knowledge to bear, and an even more difficult life to live. Of course, being the leaf wasn't exactly desirable either.”
“Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.”
“A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something”

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