"He wished he was with his mom in her library, where everything was safe and numbered and organized by the Dewey decimal system. Ben wished the world was organized by the Dewey decimal system. That way you'd be able to find whatever you were looking for, like the meaning of your dream, or your dad."

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Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “Wonderstruck”, p.221, Scholastic

Brian Selznick

#Mom Quotes #Dream Quotes #Dad Quotes

“Love is a madman, working his wild schemes, tearing off his clothes, running through the mountains....”
“In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.”
“Cover the earth, before it covers you.”
“What has interested me all along is not the pronouncement of meaning but pointing toward the way meaning is formed.”

Source : Douglas Huebler, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “Crocodile tears”
“Angels, living light most glorious! Beneath the Godhead in burning desire in the darkness and mystery of creation you look on the eye of your God never taking your fill: What glorious pleasures take shape within you!”
“We're [writers] all afraid of writing badly, and there are psychological reasons, like the bad interior of ourselves is somehow being revealed, but we all fear that, and you can't write well if you're not willing to write badly. That's why you have to make writing a habit, so it feels normal and not strange.”
“Executives should blog if they have a vision they are trying to communicate, or if they are very visible in the media.”
“Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat.”

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