"There are some who say that sitting at home reading is the equivalent of travel, because the experiences described in the book are more or less the same as the experiences one might have on a voyages, and there are those who say that there is no substitute for venturing out into the world. My own opinion is that it is best to travel extensively but to read the entire time, hardly glancing up to look out of the window of the airplane, train, or hired camel."

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Daniel Handler

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“Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I, being dry, sit idly sipping here, my beer.”

Source : George Arnold (1866). “Drift: A Sea-shore Idyl : and Other Poems”, p.123
“My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.”
“Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.”

Source : "Connecticut Governor, Tackling Budget, Criticizes Christie’s Approach". Interview with David M. Halbfinger, www.nytimes.com. February 15, 2011.
“If you die, I will lie down beside you and I will stay there until the end, without eating or drinking, you will rot in my arms and I will love you as carcass: for you love nothing if you do not love everything.”
“Reason can never be the absolute dictator of man's mental or moral economy.”
“The best contraceptive in the world is a good education.”
“Well, I was about six or seven, and my mother and father separated.”
“When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.”

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