"Stealing ideas from contemporaries is rude and tasteless. Stealing from the long dead is considered literary and admirable. The same is true of grave-robbing. Loot your local cemetery and find yourself mired in social awkwardness. But unearth the tomb of an ancient king and you can feel free to pop off his toe rings. You'll probably end up on a book tour, or bagging an honorary degree or two."

-- N.D. Wilson

#Kings Quotes #Book Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“It is always wise to make too much potato salad. Even if you are cooking for two, make enough for five. Potato salad improves with age - that is, if you are lucky enough to have any left over.”
“We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.”
“Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.”

Source : James A. Michener (2014). “The Drifters: A Novel”, p.528, Dial Press
“It is a blessing as well as a burden to love so much that you can hurt so badly when love is gone.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2014). “All Souls Trilogy”, p.257, Penguin
“The late great Horace Lloyd Swithin (1844-1917), British essayist, lecturer, satirist, and social observer, wrote in his autobiographical Appointments, 1890-1901 (1902), "When one travels abroad, one doesn't so much discover the hidden Wonders of the World, but the hidden wonders of the individuals with whom one is traveling. They may turn out to afford a stirring view, a rather dull landscape, or a terrain so treacherous one finds it's best to forget the entire affair and return home.”
“To have to hear a woman's voice, and start to make a choice just based on that, is difficult.”
“Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody.”
“I'm having a great time. It's like I'm on some ridiculous big roller coaster not knowing what's happening next, but just having a great time on the ride.”

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