"What a writer brought to a book didn't matter as much as what the reader contributed."

-- Lisa Morton

#Book Quotes #Matter Quotes #Reader Quotes

“I am as omnivorous as it's possible to be. I always say there's nothing I won't eat and nothing I won't wear.”
“The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice, the result is a story beholden to and inevitably eclipsed by source material.”
“All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates.”

Source : Frank Chodorov, Charles H. Hamilton (1980). “Fugitive essays: selected writings of Frank Chodorov”, Liberty Fund Inc.
“It's a profession in which, the longer you stay, the closer you are to being fired.”
“Ideals and morality are often spoken of as virtual antimatter to the behaviors allegedly needed to maximize profits.”

Source : Stephen Young (2003). “Moral Capitalism: Reconciling Private Interest with the Public Good”, p.87, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel â€” Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig.”
“Until democracy in effective enthusiastic action fills the vacuum created by the power of modern inventions, we may expect the fascists to increase in power after the war both in the United States and in the world.”
“The hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours. Against the blue candlewick bedspread the white pages of my open book, illuminated by a circle of lamplight, were the gateway to another world.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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