"Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long."

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Source : Matthew Pearl (2015). “The Last Bookaneer: A Novel”, p.22, Penguin

Matthew Pearl

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“We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don”
“The horse is an archetypal symbol which will always find ways to stir up deep and moving ancestral memories in every human being.”
“Holiness is not for wimps and the cross is not negotiable, sweetheart, it's a requirement.”

Source : "Mother Angelica Live", www.imdb.com. (1983-).
“I collect words and phrases for naming the children of my brush.”
“As a child, I remember asking my parents when I was five years old, "How come if you are not Zionists, you came to the country?" I was surprised at myself that I asked this question. It means that it was always in the air. Then years later I understood it was because of the Holocaust, because they were refugees. They did not come as immigrants and, because of the illusions of the '50s and the late '40s, my mother said, "The world must be better." She could not imagine that it wouldn't be different.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Everything is governed by one law. A human being is a microcosmos, i.e. the laws prevailing in the cosmos also operate in the minutest space of the human being.”

Source : Viktor Schauberger, Callum Coats (1999). “Nature as Teacher – New Principles in the Working of Nature: Volume 2 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger’s Eco-Technology Series”, p.17, Gill & Macmillan Ltd
“Thatâ€™s the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell.”
“It is upsetting that many people don't seem to observe what's happening to the environment, what's happening in terms of global warming, the loss of habitats and wild things.”

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