"But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of holding them up for a few minutes. But if they're good, I turn into a social moron for days, refusing to go out of my room, scowling and growling at interruptions, ignoring weddings and funerals, and making enemies out of friends. I still bear the scars of Middlemarch."

-- Vikram Seth

#Hate Quotes #Book Quotes #Long Quotes

“Charlie didn't want to give up meat and smoking. Now he's gone.”
“There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.”
“Here is a semi-transparent pebble I picked up on the way to my EKG. Probably worthless but it is my heart so take it.”

Source : Dean Young (2007). “Embryoyo”, McSweeneys Books
“Coming out of high school, I think it was good for me instead of going to college because college and the NBA are two different things. You can dominate on the college level, but the NBA is a whole different story. The dudes that do the best are the ones who work hard.”
“The drama is the book of the people.”

Source : Robert Aris Willmott (1866). “Pleasures, Objects, and Advantages of Literature”, p.87
“In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.”
“I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing.”
“Indeed, the most vivid travel experiences usually find you by accident, and the qualities that will make you fall in love with a place are rarely the features that took you there.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2003). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-term World Travel”, Random House Digital, Inc.

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