"There are people who think contraception is immoral because the object of copulation is procreation. In a similar way there are people who think the only reason to read a book is to write a book..."

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Source : Helen DeWitt (2016). “The Last Samurai”, p.18, New Directions Publishing

Helen DeWitt

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom.”
“Living with golden fantasies of an endlessly nurtured infancy can be a neurotic refusal to grow up.”
“Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it!”
“If heartaches was commercials, we'd all be on TV.”
“The hallmark of excellence, the test of greatness, is consistency.”

Source : Jim Tressel (2010). “The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life”, p.100, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“As the Republican Party has moved farther and farther to the right, I have found myself increasingly at odds with the Republican philosophy and more in line with the philosophy of the Democratic Party.”

Source : Speech on Joining Democratic Party, www.foxnews.com. April 28, 2009.
“Somebody must have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate and the chain of evil in the universe. And you do that by love”
“I'm a guy who never wanted to hold a steady job, because I was worried about the monotony.”

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