"Loaded with note cards for research papers that I was hopelessly behind on, I'd enter the Public Library only to end up wandering around lost, wasting the day."

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Source : Stuart Dybek (1990). “The coast of Chicago”, Alfred a Knopf Inc

Stuart Dybek

#Library Quotes #Cards Quotes #Research Quotes

“My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed.”
“I believe the causes that create them [serial killers] are theological in nature, rather than societal. I believe they make a conscious choice to erase God's thumbprint from their souls.”
“Perform at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each day.”
“It's the same with all the thoughts and feelings and other experiences that arise in the ocean of ourselves. The ocean never resists them, it never creates a negative reference point saying "Damn , that seaweed is still there. There must be something terribly wrong with me". When they arise, the ocean just sees them for what they are and they pass away naturally.”
“R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me.”

Source : Song: Respect, Album: I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You, 1967
“Regrettably, to deactivate an entire cartel also proved to be a difficult task for my father and with all the enemies he had, even more.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com
“For a story to be told, it must be told properly, and to tell a story properly, it must be told with respect.”
“So. You're a fallen angel." She folded her arms. "I'm not fallen," he said roughly. "Then what are you?" He shrugged. "Busted.”

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