"Readers, transformed by film and TV, are used to seeing stories. The reading experience . . . is increasingly visual."

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Sol Stein

#Reading Quotes #Stories Quotes #Tvs Quotes

“Never answer a hypothetical question.”
“People need to be fed, medicated, educated, clothed, and sheltered, and if we're compassionate we'll help them, but you get no moral credit for forcing other people to do what you think is right. There is great joy in helping people, but no joy in doing it at gunpoint.”

Source : Penn Jillette (2012). “God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales”, p.151, Simon and Schuster
“Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.”

Source : Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.134
“God's love never ceases. Never... God doesn't love us less if we fail or more if we succeed. God's love never ceases.”
“The very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting.”
“Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.”
“The plague of gold strikes far and near.”
“The written history of the world is largely a history of warfare, because the states within which we live came into existence largely through conquest, civil strife, or struggles for independence.”

Source : John Keegan (2012). “A History of Warfare”, p.886, Vintage

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