"Great is bookishness and the charm of books."

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Source : "In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays". Book by Augustine Birrell, 1905.

Augustine Birrell

#Book Quotes #Charm Quotes

“I actually think it's sometimes easier for the control freaks to let loose.”
“Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear threat.”
“[T]he race is long - to finish first, first you must finish.”
“You know, I'm an eagle, flying around in the mountains.”
“Jesus did not heal the sick in order to coax them to be Christians. He healed because it was His nature to heal.”

Source : John G. Lake (2009). “John G. Lake On Healing”, p.40, Whitaker House
“For 15 years, I've been playing the same character-which is myself-and I'm bored with 'myself'.”
“Problems in relationship occur because each person is concentrating on what is missing in the other person.”
“No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus dust is music to my nostrils.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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