"One was a book thief. The other stole the sky."

-- Markus Zusak

#Book Quotes #Sky Quotes #Thieves Quotes

“Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books.”
“I'd feel more of the pressures of daily life, obsessed about finding a job or love. Maybe I've taken these things for granted. I go through a lot of other things in the music industry, but "daily life" is a whole different war to fight.”
“What difference, at this point, does it make?”
“I still get laughed at but it doesn't bother me, I'm just so glad to hear laughter around me.”

Source : Amanda Palmer (2015). “The Art of Asking: Wie ich aufhörte, mir Sorgen zu machen, und lernte, mir helfen zu lassen”, p.126, BASTEI LÜBBE
“Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.”

Source : Carol P. Christ (1987). “Laughter of Aphrodite: reflections on a journey to the goddess”, HarperOne
“As to giving credit to whom credit is due, rest assured the best way to do good to one's-self is to do justice to others. There is plenty for everybody in science, and more than can be consumed in our time. One may get a fair name by suppressing references, but the Jewish maxim is true, 'He who seeks a name loses fame.'”
“We don't miss what we never had, but we miss terribly things we almost had. And we miss things we used to have most of all. Through we hope and pray for our relationships, our looks, and our lives to improve, having more also means having more to lose.”
“The forty-four-hour week has no charm for me. I'm looking for a forty-hour day.”

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