"Manners are about imagination, ultimately. They are about imagining being the other person."

-- Lynne Truss

#Imagination Quotes #Manners Quotes #Persons Quotes

“Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2009). “Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three”, p.30, Hachette UK
“if there ever was a time for sentimentality and traditional merrymaking, one that has transcended religious orientation, Christmas must be that time. The effect seems salutary: even people who ordinarily are as colorful and gay as groundworms, who would dare not consider a flamboyant gesture, hang long strings of brightly colored lights around their houses, trim Christmas trees, and talk to strangers.”

Source : Anna Thomas (1972). “The Vegetarian Epicure”, Vintage
“I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.”
“I get bored doing the same activity over and over. In any one week, I could do a Pilates class, a yoga class, go to a gym, like a pump class, or do weights and then go for a run. Each day, I like to change it up a bit.”
“Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?”

Source : Mark Tobey, Arthur L. Dahl (1984). “Mark Tobey, art and belief”, George Ronald Pub Ltd
“One can only define the unknown by its supposed and supposable relations with the known.”
“The fire of literacy is created by the emotional sparks between a child, a book, and the person reading. It isnâ€™t achieved by the book alone, nor by the child alone, nor by the adult whoâ€™s reading aloudâ€”itâ€™s the relationship winding between all three, bringing them together in easy harmony.”
“Enemies were teachers in disguise.”

Source : Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry (1989). “Way of Life and Death”, Pocket

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