"I'll have mine [The Book-Lovers' Anthology] till the day I die - and die happy in the knowledge that I'm leaving it behind for someone else to love. I shall sprinkle pale pencil marks through it pointing out the best passages to some book-lover yet unborn."

-- Helene Hanff

#Book Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Sprinkles Quotes

“How do we want our air? Pure. How do we want our water? Pure. How do we want sex on our wedding night? Pure.”

Source : "Sex, Love, and You: Making the Right Decision". Book by Judy Lickona, Thomas Lickona, and William Boudreau, 1994.
“The fastest way for you to succeed is by piggy-backing on the good advice and counsel of men and women who have already spent years leaning how to succeed. When you do this on a regular and systematic basis, you will open up doors of opportunity and possibilities for you that today you cannot even imagine.”
“Poetry is a very complex art.... It is an art of pure sound bound in through an art of arbitrary and conventional symbols.”
“Every moment is an organizing opportunity, every person a potential activist, every minute a chance to change the world.”
“Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.”
“I don't have to do the lead. If I dig a part, I'll do it.”
“When I was in elementary school, I used to write letters to myself. I'd write letters and go 'Dear Kristen-at-16-years-old, happy birthday. I hope you're doing something.'”
“A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained.”

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