"I didn't have time for talent shows and stuff like that. I was into books and studying real hard."

-- Cheryl Lynn

#Real Quotes #Book Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.”
“Cycling is so hard, the suffering is so intense, that itâ€™s absolutely cleansing. The pain is so deep and strong that a curtain descends over your brainâ€¦.Once; someone asked me what pleasure I took in riding for so long. â€˜PLEASURE???? I said.â€™ â€˜I donâ€™t understand the question.â€™ I didnâ€™t do it for the pleasure; I did it for the pain.”
“It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.”
“Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1997). “The Mistress of Spices”, Doubleday
“I love driving in the city at night.”
“Twelve years on sets watching directors, I've taken a bit from everybody and rejected a lot.”
“I always think of books as being like people. Even the dull ones are worthy of decent respect, but you don't have to seek them out and spend time with them.”
“I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists.”

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