"When I open them, most of the books have the smell of an earlier time leaking out between the pages - a special odor of the knowledge and emotions that for ages have been calmly resting between the covers. Breathing it in, I glance through a few pages before returning each book to its shelf."

-- Haruki Murakami

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“At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.”
“How idle it is to call certain things God-sends! as if there was anything else in the world.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”, p.169
“I'm obviously really opinionated, but as a producer, you don't necessarily want the person you're working with to try to impress you - you want them to just be themselves. Then you can edit or mess around with what they've come up with. But you have to allow the artist that space.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In the life of each of us there is a place remote and islanded, and given to endless regret or secret happiness.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2016). “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, p.72, Sarah Orne Jewett
“Rage flared up in Tessa and she considered belting Woolsey with the poker whether he came near her or not. He had moved awfully quickly while fighting Will, though, and she didnâ€™t fancy her chances. â€œYou donâ€™t know James Carstairs. Donâ€™t speak about him.â€ â€œLove him, do you?â€ Woolsey managed to make it sound unpleasant. â€œBut you love Will, too.â€ Tessa froze. She had known that Magnus knew of Willâ€™s affection for her, but the idea that what she felt for him in return was written across her face was too terrifying to contemplate.”
“A wise man's question contains half the answer. Unfortunately the other 50% is harder to come by!”
“What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.”
“Love until it hurts. Real love is always painful and hurts: then it is real and pure.”

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