"Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know."

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Source : Sarah Vowell (2003). “The Partly Cloudy Patriot”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

Sarah Vowell

#Caring Quotes #Nerd Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else.”
“Teen readers can see aspects of themselves in the teen authors, which in a way, validates their experiences.”
“I was too weak to walk. At least, I thought I was too weak. But in truth, I was too weak to try.”
“When things are really great, it just means everything's in it's place.”

Source : Song: I've Had It, Album: Whatever, 1993
“It was SHE. Whoever has loved knows all the radiant meaning contained in the three letters of this word â€˜she.”
“Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.”
“The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.”
“The creak of bed springs suffering under the weight of a restless man is as lonely a sound as I know.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.35, Granta Books

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