"I love librarians more than any other people in the world. When I was an immigrant kid, theyâ€™ve made me feel like a human being and they gave me books that taught me English."

-- Gary Shteyngart

#Book Quotes #Kids Quotes #People Quotes

“But ... the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies â€” those days are over.”
“The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.”
“Donâ€™t optimize for conversions, optimize for revenue.”
“Yellow, mellow, ripened days, Sheltered in a golden coating; O'er the dreamy, listless haze, White and dainty cloudlets floating; Winking at the blushing trees, And the sombre, furrowed fallow; Smiling at the airy ease, Of the southward flying swallow Sweet and smiling are thy ways, Beauteous, golden Autumn days.”

Source : Will Carleton (2001). “Farm Ballads”, p.99, Applewood Books
“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet.”
“I never have the feeling that I actually know what I'm doing or anything that I'm writing is any good.”
“He's got a rematch clause in his contract but I'm not sure if he's going to want to exercise that rematch but if he does, I'd happily oblige. I'll go over to Canada and give him another whooping.”
“Enjoy the present hour, Be thankful for the past, And neither fear nor wish Th' approaches of the last.”

Source : Abraham Cowley (2013). “Cowley's Essays”, p.114, Cambridge University Press

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