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“[T]he public library is where those without money, power, access, university affiliation, or advanced degrees can get information for free.”
Source : Siva Vaidhyanathan (2005). “The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System”, p.124, Basic Books
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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.”
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“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.”
Source : John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.77, Penguin
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“A female artist friend of mine recently told me that she was advised to 'look more slutty.' I asked her boyfriend what the equivalent advice for a man would be. He said to be more muscular. That made me rush to the gym.”
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“What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.”
Source : "Astaire, the biography". Book by Tim Satchell, 1987.
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“Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.”
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“I'm sorry," Laila says, marveling at how every Afghan story is marked by death and loss and unimaginable grief. And yet, she sees, people find a way to survive, to go on.”
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“To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
