"Problems of human behavior still continue to baffle us, but at least in the Library we have them properly filed."

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Source : Anita Brookner (1985). “Look at me”, Plume

Anita Brookner

#Library Quotes #Problem Quotes #Behavior Quotes

“And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own.”
“The greatest cruelties of our century have been the impersonal cruelties of remote decision, of system and routine, especially when they could be justified as regrettable operational necessity.”

Source : "The Age of Extremes". Book by Eric Hobsbawm, p. 414, 2004.
“There must be provision for the child to have contact with nature; to understand and appreciate the order, the harmony and the beauty in nature.”
“I come from a family of farmers on both sides of my family.”

Source : "An Interview With Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert". Interview with Jamie Soja, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2013.
“The National Bank at profit sells road maps for the soul.”
“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
“There are those who think that the private lives of candidates are none of our business. But when those candidates ask us for our attention as they explain their plans for how they will represent us, no one should be surprised at our interest in how they represent themselves.”
“A mob is a group of persons with heads but no brains.”

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