"His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs."

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Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2003). “Seabiscuit: An American Legend”, p.49, Ballantine Books

Laura Hillenbrand

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“The person that works the hardest wins.”
“In teaching, the greatest sin is to be boring.”
“In Los Angeles, as I gained and lost celebrity, then gained it again, I often found myself wondering why I, out of thousands like me, had become famous.”
“I am interested in the confines of the page and busting through/off the page as well. A writer must let go of the line when writing prose poems, which brings its own pleasures.”

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“The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.”
“This world is nothing. An illusion. Death is the release.”

Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
“I don't like it when people who are young act like they're 40. That's taking too much on. Putting up a shield and trying to act like you're so mature or whatever - I don't try to act mature. Some people might say I'm mature for my age, but it's not something I'm trying to do, you know? I'm just me.”
“[Educated blacks] Society refuses to consider them genuine Negroes. The Negro is a savage, whereas the student is civilized. "You're us," and if anyone thinks you are a Negro he is mistaken, because you merely look like one.”

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