"Footnotes are the finer-suckered surfaces that allow testicular paragraphs to hold fast to the wider reality of the library."

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Nicholson Baker

#Reading Quotes #Reality Quotes #Library Quotes

“It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world.”
“I didn't know you were having a hard time. I really am unqualified to be a teacher. Hurting you there...I'm really sorry.”
“Being there every week for my teammates is really important to me. It's about accountability. I hear stuff about the 'toughest quarterback in the league' and all that; what's that mean?”
“Everything matters terribly to children, you know, they're fresh and unformed ...”

Source : Dorothy Gilman (2014). “Palm for Mrs. Pollifax”, p.109, Fawcett
“I saw myself dancing alone, always alone,”
“In prayer, something like an echo takes place. When you strike a note on the piano, corresponding strings in all the other pianos in the room start to vibrate. It is just the same when we express a pure wish in our ardent prayers: all around us we mobilize angels who are inspired by the same wish.”
“If I had a friend and loved him because of the benefits which this brought me and because of getting my own way, then it would not be my friend that I loved but myself. I should love my friend on account of his own goodness and virtues and account of all that he is in himself. Only if I love my friend in this way do I love him properly.”
“One eye looks within, the other eye looks without.”

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