"Parents should leave books lying around marked â€˜forbiddenâ€™ if they want their children to read."

-- Doris Lessing

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“Americans have always held firm, because we have always believed in certain truths. We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity and returns to strike us again. We know that when the work is hard, the proper response is not retreat, it is courage. And we know that a great ideal of human freedom entrusted to us in a special way and that the ideal of liberty is worth defending.”
“A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.”
“I was physically abused and I retaliated.”
“Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.”
“Eric Schlosser's book on the economy and strategies of the fast-food business should be read by anyone who likes to take their children to fast-food restaurants. I shall certainly never do that again. He employs a long, cold burn, a quiet and impassioned accumulation of detail, with calm, wit and clarity. (...) Fast Food Nation is witness to the rigour and seriousness of the best American journalism, readable, reliable and extremely carefully done.”
“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced and my heart soared with stories.”

Source : Paula McLain (2011). “The Paris Wife: A Novel”, p.36, Ballantine Books
“I have my 1973 Citroen DS 23 Pallas. I drive it all the time. It's still the most beautiful shape in the world.”
“It's really very easy for me to be in The Cardinals, because I bring my voice, my guitar, and my songs to them, and then we all play around to find out what works.”

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