"I should have written books instead of reading them."

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Alan Lightman

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Should Quotes

“All writers learn this, in time: don't show your work to other people until it's safely finished. Even discussing your unborn book in quite general terms can be such an undermining experience that, afterwards, you give it up and go to live in Guatemala.”
“You canâ€™t shine if you donâ€™t burn.”
“Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.”
“I know in the Christian church the old ladies use to say "what the devil meant for bad God meant for good." So some of the things that I think they went out and tried to be detrimental to my life saved me in a lot of ways.”

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“Let your life yield a sweet, winsome melody that this old world needs so desperately. Yes you can if you will.”
“How could you be from the ghetto and be a rat?”
“A strange thing happens when you interview a robot. You feel an urge to be profound: to ask profound questions. I suppose itâ€™s an inter-species thing. Although if it is I wonder why I never try and be profound around my dog. â€˜What does electricity taste like?â€™ I ask. â€˜Like a planet around a star,â€™ Bina48 replies. Which is either extraordinary or meaningless - Iâ€™m not sure which”
“Every search has its own momentum. It is why a search makes such an excellent plot for a film or story.”

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