"Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is trueâ€”without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?"

-- Matthew Pearl

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Light Quotes

“Food is all about balance; it is all about taste.”
“The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance. That is the brilliance with which your images must shine.”

Source : Robert Bresson (1977). “Notes on cinematography”
“Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or forgotten, but all should be transformed into a source of wisdom and compassionate living.”

Source : Taitetsu Unno (2002). “Shin Buddhism: Bits of Rubble Turn into Gold”, p.17, Harmony
“I married somebody who likes the way I look. If I changed my hair every year, and I reinvented myself in time-honoured pop fashion, I think understandably the person I'm married to would grow slightly sick of me.”

Source : "The talking Cure". Interview with Zoe Williams, www.theguardian.com. June 11, 2004.
“Successful organizing is not built on self-interest but rather on dignity and a sense of purpose.”
“Though you may be supporting Obama, you may be supporting Hillary, that, ultimately, the things that we want for our country overshadow this difference at this moment. And that we have to respectfully disagree right now and be united at the end and just work towards understanding what's at stake in November.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.”
“You can feel that he wants to own you - not like an object but like a good dream he wants to keep having. He lets you know that you already own him.”

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