"Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both."

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Source : "The Light Fantastic". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1986.

Daniel Handler

#Thinking Quotes #Pens Quotes

“that sunlight of the dead which is called literature.”
“If you don't remember childhood and you idealize it, you can't write books for kids because they're not real. Kids pick that up.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“How many times should you forgive your household bruiser? You should not even think about forgiving him. Not yet. Not as long as he has his foot on your neck. Your problem at this point is not forgiving. Your problem is how to get out of his reach. Once you get away from him, you can think about forgiving him.”
“I was really lucky. I had a really great opportunity. I went to an all girls, very small private school from seventh grade all the way to graduating. It was so wonderful because the focus was school at school...and during the week I could be that nerdy bookworm of a girl, and do six hours of homework at night.”
“I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.”
“Every social network on Earth pitches me, and I say no to nearly every single one of them.”
“Superstitions and belief in magic are perennial in just the same way as religion, and something near to being universal among mankind; and why this is so may be interesting, but in most cases the beliefs themselves are devoid of interesting content, at least to me.”

Source : "Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper". Book by Bryan Magee, 1997.
“The Patriot Post not only does the best job of putting important news, policy and opinion in proper context, but also of cutting down to size the pompous praters and propagandists on the left.”

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