"I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading."

-- Barbara Pym

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“Joel Waldfogel is one of the smartest and funniest economists on the planet. I think of him every time I start to unwrap a present. Buy Scroogenomics for your friends and family. It makes the perfect Christmas gift.”
“People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.”
“It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished.”

Source : William H. Whyte (2012). “City: Rediscovering the Center”, p.109, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?”
“I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.”
“Computers are like a bicycle for our minds”
“Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows, and the more power you have to use it on your behalf. If you do not practice gratefulness, its benefaction will go unnoticed, and your capacity to draw on its gifts will be diminished. To be grateful is to find blessings in everything, This is the most powerful attitude to adopt, for there are blessings in everything.”
“It's not important to me that people understand me.”

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