"Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too."

-- James Gleick

#Book Quotes #Soul Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers.”
“London is a huge shop, with a hotel on the upper storeys.”
“I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.”
“Worse, I have to admit to feeling the jealousy of one crab for another that has managed to climb out of the barrel.”

Source : FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Sep 02, 2012
“Finally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.”
“The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well.”
“Many roads open pathways to authenticity. For some it is disciplined practice, for others revelation, for others service. Regardless of how we get in touch with authenticity or how authenticity gets in touch with us, the engagement is ongoing and forever challenging.”
“I'm a novelist and science writer. I wrote a book about human impacts on marine mammals caused by agricultural drainage of nutrients on our coasts, and another book about evolution. Seasteading captivated me because it incorporates both evolution and environmental restoration.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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