"Im omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though Ill read a novel in a day or two."

-- O.R. Melling

#Book Quotes #Two Quotes #Taste Quotes

“So many lives I touch, so much anger.”
“But alas! Like many another consummation devoutly to be wished, the actual performance was a disappointing one.”

Source : Fred Reinfeld (2012). “The Immortal Games of Capablanca”, p.10, Courier Corporation
“I don't lose an hour in the morning and expect to make it up in the evening; night is the wrong end of the day to borrow from ...”

Source : Julia McNair Wright (1879). “The Complete Home: an Encyclopædia of Domestic Life and Affairs: The Household in Its Foundation, Order, Economy ... A Volume of Practical Experiences Popularly Illustrated”
“The peace you seek is there, it's there between all the traffic in your mind, stop and rest for peace will find you if you let it.”
“Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.”
“Cardboard cutouts of cheerleaders operated by arthritic monkeys would move more fluidly.”

Source : Courtney Summers (2013). “What Goes Around: Two Books In One: Cracked Up to Be & Some Girls Are”, p.34, Macmillan
“For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting the minor traits or finishing, he was chiefly solicitous to present the leading effect, or what we may call the inspiration.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.47
“I can relate to girls with self esteem issues because growing up in this industry there is the side of you that is obsessed with perfection. You want to please everyone because if you don't, you won't get the job. There is always someone prettier, smarter, or a better actor that you. You start to nit-pick everything. That perfectionism kicks in and it can take over your life if you let it. You have to get comfortable with yourself. Then, if you get the job, it is an added bonus.”

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