"Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood."

-- Tahir Shah

#Book Quotes #Blood Quotes #Long Quotes

“What would the Russian Bear and the American Eagle do if they discovered our paradise? Our secrecy is our shield!”
“I don't think young black men, or anybody, should get a criminal record for low-level use. You know, I don't think that we should spend our law enforcement time jailing or imprisoning ***** users. But to solve that problem, you don't need to go to the other extreme of creating Big Tobacco 2.0.”
“You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2008). “Be Who You Want, Have What You Want: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life”, p.14, BookBaby
“There are also the people too bizarre to ignore, like Kyle Simpson. Future male stripper.”
“I believe that there is an important kernel of truth in the idea that financial errors recur every other generation.”
“Iâ€™m living in separate universes, and I have no idea where I actually belong.”
“I was once hired to write a column for 'The Guardian' and then got fired before I'd submitted my first one. That was unusual. Most newspapers wait until I've written at least one piece for them before firing me.”
“I wanted to paint a picture some day that people would stand before and forget that it was made of paint. I wanted it to creep into them like a bar of music and mushroom there like a soft bullet.”

Source : O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.131, Delphi Classics

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