"It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven Than when I was a boy."

-- Thomas Hood

#Ignorance Quotes #Boys Quotes #Joy Quotes

“What's really sad is that a lot of very talented people are being forced to do things that are very embarrassing and I don't intend to be one of them.”
“I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can't go to sleep, and stay up way past my bedtime, hooked on the writing. Is anything better than waking up after a late-night read and diving right back into the plot before you even get out of bed to brush your teeth?”
“...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up by every member.”
“The usual comment from psychologists and psychiatrists was that it's best not to encourage people to look at their dreams because they are liable to stir up problems for themselves.”

Source : Henry Reed (2005). “Dream Medicine: Learning How to Get Help from Our Dreams”, p.260, We Publish Books
“But the pop-up suburb has an incomplete feel to it like something that just wasn't right, wasn't quite real, almost like a movie set. When people raised families in that sterile environment, it produced directionless children who became directionless teenagers, then directionless adults. With no roots, no past to stand on, you got hollow kids.”

Source : Anne Frasier (2012). “Hush”, p.21, Theresa Weir
“Iâ€™m not trying toâ€”What do teenagers say nowadays?â€ he asked my grandmother.â€œGet all up in her biznez,â€ Nana said.Without cracking a smile.â€œThatâ€™s right,â€ he replied. â€œWeâ€™re not trying to get all up in your biznez, Ali.”
“But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.”
“I never met a man I didn't want to fight.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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