"The case against censoring anything is absolute: ... nothing that could be censored can be so bad in its effects, in the long run, as censorship itself."

-- Katharine Whitehorn

#Running Quotes #Long Quotes #Censorship Quotes

“I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same knowledge base, and we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos... not to put those two things in the same light!”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“That's all religion is -- some principle you believe in . . . man has accomplished far more miracles than the God he invented. What a tragedy it is to invent a God and then suffer to keep him King.”
“We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.”
“I ain't never loan friends money; I give it to 'em and I don't expect to get it back. Even when he says, "I'll pay you back," I never expect it. If he gives it back, then hey, that's a feather in his cap, but I don't expect to get it back.”
“I am almost six-novels-old. It took me until the third novel to call myself a writer.”
“Books are living things and their task lies in their vows of silence. You touch them as they quiver with a divine pleasure. You read them and they fall asleep to happy dreams for the next 10 years. If you do them the favor of understanding them, of taking in their portions of grief and wisdom, then they settle down in contented residence in your heart.”

Source : FaceBook post by Pat Conroy from Oct 15, 2013
“My chronic feelings of emptiness and boredom came from the fact that I was living a life based on my incapacities, which were numerous.”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.154, Vintage
“I am also interested in music expanding consciousness. By expanding consciousness, I mean that old patterns can be replaced with new ones.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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