"Our loneliness makes us avid column readers these days."

-- Edward Hoagland

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“People who know how to employ themselves, always find leisure moments, while those who do nothing are forever in a hurry.”
“Perhaps, somewhere, some day, at a less miserable time, we may see each other again.”

Source : Vladimir Nabokov (2016). “Lolita”, p.57, Hamilton Books
“Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.”
“Do you ever wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always wait for the longest day of the year and then miss it!”
“As Ernest Hemingway wrote, 'Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead...'”
“... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. â€œI don't want to leave you,â€ he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. â€œI'll never see you again, will I?â€ He shook his head. â€œNot in this lifetime,â€ he said hoarsely. She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. â€œThen I'll wait a hundred years,â€ she whispered. â€œOr a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.”
“There are likewise three kinds of dancers: first, those who consider dancing as a sort of gymnastic drill, made up of impersonal and graceful arabesques; second, those who, by concentrating their minds, lead the body into the rhythm of a desired emotion, expressing a remembered feeling or experience. And finally, there are those who convert the body into a luminous fluidity, surrendering it to the inspiration of the soul.”
“You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.”

Source : Alan Bennett (2008). “The Uncommon Reader”, p.40, Faber & Faber

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