"A book is a physical object in a world of physical objects. It is a set of dead symbols. And then the right reader comes along, and the wordsâ€”or rather the poetry behind the words, for the words themselves are mere symbolsâ€”spring to life, and we have a resurrection of the word."

-- Jorge Luis Borges

#Spring Quotes #Book Quotes #World Quotes

“When you wake up in the middle of the night and you hear a scary sound, you're not picturing yourself getting the girl, you're not picturing yourself winning the prize and becoming a hero. What makes you scared is the fear that you're gonna die, or that something horrific is gonna happen. So while I'm not opposed to happy ending, or wherever the story is naturally supposed to go-I do end up finding that I like movies where you almost end up feel, at best, that the character survived it more than championed over it.”
“Sometimes I'll have sections that I'm not quite sure how they fit in the puzzle of a tune, they'll get moved around; what I think was originally a verse ends up becoming the chorus, or what's an intro gets dropped as a hook, things get shifted around a lot.”

Source : "Gotye Braces For Stateside Success With 'Somebody That I Used To Know'". Interview with James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 9, 2012.
“We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.”
“As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better.”
“This car of mine, I am tickled to death with it. The machine is nearly everything, its power, stability and balance. The driver, allowing for his experience and courage, is much less.”
“It is natural for me to ignore autograph seekers, but God wants me to share my testimony card with them and be loving. That power and initiative comes from him.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com
“a person who was clever ought to be clever enough not to be unjust or deliberately unkind to anyone.”
“Australia has always encouraged the little bloke to have a go, the Aussie battler to get up.”

Source : "Andrew Forrest, chief executive of Fortescue Metals". "Sunday Profile" with Monica Attard, www.abc.net.au. August 15, 2010.

You may also like:

Adolfo Bioy Casares
Writer
Ernesto Sabato
Writer
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Novelist
Juan Rulfo
Writer
Julio Cortazar
Novelist
Mario Benedetti
Journalist
Mario Vargas Llosa
Writer
Octavio Paz
Poet
Pablo Neruda
Senator of Chile