"Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would otherwise have never seen. Now that I am a hundred years old (this September) it still takes me to the outside world I can no longer visit."

-- Phyllis A. Whitney

#Taken Quotes #Reading Quotes #Years Quotes

“Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.”
“A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.”

Source : Philip Massinger (1779). “The Dramatick Works of Philip Massinger...”, p.88
“Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.”
“Teachers literally break down at the thought that if their students have a bad a test day, their job is on the line.”
“You'll see the most perfect person, and you are like, 'God, she's, like, perfect.' And then she'll tell you everything that's not perfect. Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.”

Source : "L'Wren Scott: stylish, successful and far from starstruck" by Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. March 17, 2014.
“I write for the still, small possibility of justice.”
“I know the look of an apple that is roasting and sizzling on the hearth on a winter's evening, and I know the comfort that comes of eating it hot, along with some sugar and a drench of cream... I know how the nuts taken in conjunction with winter apples, cider, and doughnuts, make old people's tales and old jokes sound fresh and crisp and enchanting.”
“You know the John Lennon song 'Imagine'? 'Imagine no possessions, no religion'? That's what it was like in Cambodia. The only thing people had was a spoon, for eating the daily pourridge. And that pourridge was grossly insufficient for the work they were made to do in the fields.”

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