"That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it."

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Source : John Burnside (2010). “Glister”, p.21, Random House

John Burnside

#Passion Quotes #Mean Quotes #Nerd Quotes

“... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books.”
“the hymns were born in the fifteenth or sixteenth century or earlier, and listening to them was like licking an icicle: the same chill, the same purity.”

Source : Mary Cantwell (1992). “Manhattan Memoir”, Penguin Group USA
“From the moment we are born, people tell us that the world is like this and like that, this way, that way. It is natural that - for a certain period of time - we end up believing what we are told. But we must soon push these ideas aside and discover our own way of living reality.”
“Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.”
“Happiness is the harvest of a quiet mind. Anchor your thoughts on peace, poise, security and divine guidance and your mind will be productive of happiness.”

Source : Joseph Murphy (2013). “The Power of your Subconscious Mind and Other Works”, p.164, Simon and Schuster
“We have somehow deluded ourselves into thinking that wealth is wisdom”

Source : "This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time" by Harry Leslie Smith, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2013.
“Supporters of the national front, Mosaddeq, believe that in Iran, we don't have a nationalities problem, we don't have an ethnic problem. It is like living with your wife, with whom you are in love and you are intensely involved in, but you also have tensions. And their position is that they want to deny that these tensions exist.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Reality must prove itself again and again to questioners ... it is the fantasy which goes on without contradiction, without having to prove itself.”

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