"The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library . . . Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book."

-- Jorge Luis Borges

#Book Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Library Quotes

“This is a massive world, I think, and in each centimeter of it, a different drama unfolds every second of the day. But we live on as if the next moment in our lives will be no different than the last. How foolish we all are.”

Source : Mahbod Seraji (2009). “Rooftops of Tehran: A Novel”, p.103, Penguin
“Yoga is a study of life, study of your body, breath, mind, intellect, memory, and ego. Study of your inner faculties!”
“I think films are about having a good time, so I don't know that there's a message. The message of a film is always what a critic writes, and the fun of a film or the emotion of a film is what the audience feels.”
“A broken promise is not a lie.”

Source : Paul Ekman (2009). “Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage (Revised Edition)”, p.326, W. W. Norton & Company
“No one did what I did last season and for this I deserve the Golden Boot and why not the best World Player.”
“I think longer that you sit on a screenplay the longer you sit. I'm a firm believer that you can write the magic out of a movie, out of a screenplay. I'm not saying that the first draft is always the best draft but a lot of times the magic is in the first couple of drafts. T”
“I'm not in business to make money.”
“Best Friends. And I thought of what she had done all the millions of times I cried to her, collapsing at even the slightest wounding of my heart or pride. So I reached over and pulled her to me, wrapping my arms around her, and held my best friend close, returning so many favors all at once....”

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