"Reading. Reading was the stable backdrop against which my life was played."

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Source : Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2001). “Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books”, p.12, Beacon Press

Lynne Sharon Schwartz

#Reading Quotes

“True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.”
“How do I explain a life that has lasted for billions of years? It is almost as if I must start with an apology for being alive when everyone I once knew is dead.”
“In no order of things is adolescence the time of the simple life.”
“I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.”
“I just want to be able to do something that's interesting to me.”

Source : "Jenny Slate and Nick Kroll Q&A: ‘My Blind Brother’ Stars Dig Deep On Complicated Characters You Can’t Help But Root For". Interview with Steve Greene, www.indiewire.com. September 23, 2016.
“Patti Callahan Henryâ€™s THE STORIES WE TELL is a lyrical exploration of love and longing, secrets and suspicion, family and friendship, all told with the authorâ€™s trademark insights into the hollows and curves of the heart and mind of a working woman who must balance the demands of motherhood, wifedom, sisterhood, and yes, the deepest cravings for artistic expression. I always love the stories PCH tells!”
“I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.”
“The reality of space travel I think is somewhere in the middle. We will get there, it will be hard, it will take a long time, and in the end, the most extraordinary thing we will find when we get there will be ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

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