"I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal."

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Tom Clancy

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“A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.”
“Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.”

Source : Matthew Pearl (2015). “The Last Bookaneer: A Novel”, p.12, Penguin
“Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island.”
“Get rid of words, and get rid of meaning, and still there is poetry.”
“Compassion begets compassion, cruelty begets cruelty. What we give we will ultimately receive. Nonhumans help make us human. They teach us respect, compassion, and unconditional love. When we mistreat animals, we mistreat ourselves. When we destroy animal spirits and souls, we destroy our own spirits and souls.”
“If you look round Hollywood there's no end of white smiles and six packs. Long lines of beautiful people lining up to be incredible on film.”
“I think of religion as something that stains the person. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head.”

Source : "Rapper Angel Haze on religion, rape and survival" by Alex Macpherson, www.theguardian.com. January 31, 2013.
“The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.”

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