"Fiction structures an experience for the reader to live through. ... That is why people read: to have experiences."

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Bonnie Friedman

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #People Quotes

“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is action in spite of fear. Courageous people never really overcome their fears. They just become determined to push through them and to use that adrenaline to their advantage.”
“Every dollar spent to punish a drug user or seller is a dollar that cannot be spent collecting restitution from a robber. Every hour spent investigating a drug user or seller is an hour that could have been used to find a missing child. Every trial held to prosecute a drug user or seller is court time that could be used to prosecute a rapist in a case that might otherwise have been plea bargained.”
“The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside.”

Source : Brooks Atkinson (1951). “Once around the sun”
“God condemned sin in Christ, so that holiness might appear in us.”
“Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.”
“Sabr is not remaining quiet and allowing anger to build up inside you. Sabr is to talk about what's bothering you without losing control of your emotions.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nouman Ali Khan from Jan 04, 2015
“Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.”
“There is no substitute for a firsthand encounter with the Word of God.”

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