"When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of a book they somehow mattered less. My corporeal life was slight the dazzling one in my head was what really mattered. Returning to books was coming home."

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Source : Lauren Groff (2008). “The Monsters of Templeton”, p.100, Hachette UK

Lauren Groff

#Hurt Quotes #Book Quotes #Home Quotes

“I think when you look at our team, you have to say that the weak point is probably still the driver.”
“When I was a baby, my mom used to have a dance school, and she used to teach classes there. We didn't have money for a babysitter, so she always brought me with her to the dancing school. Back then, I was already watching and listening to Michael Jackson for a long time.”
“Indeed, the "whole bourgeoisie" on whose behalf the government was acting as its "committee" was a composite of a vast multitude of businessmen appearing as a conglomeration of many different and divergent groups and interests.”

Source : Paul A. Baran (1968). “Political Econ of Growth”, p.93, NYU Press
“The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.”
“Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate.”
“It's easy to see things you're lookin' for. The trick is to see things you're not looking for.”
“In the Leach Pottery we did most of our work on the wheel. [Bernard] Leach did a little work in the studio, which was press-molded forms, plastic clay pressed into plaster forms to make small rectangular boxes and some vase forms, which he liked to make. These were molds which had been made to an original that he had modeled in solid clay, and during our work there, sometimes I would be pressing these forms as a means of production.”
“Every man possesses that which is according to the image of God, for the gifts of God are irrevocable (Rom. 11:29). But only a few ? those who are virtuous and holy, and have imitated the goodness of God to the limit of human powers ? possess that which is according to the likeness of God.”

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