"Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them."

-- Maria Mitchell

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Want Quotes

“I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.”
“Well, it's simple to love someone," she said. "But it's hard to know when you need to say it out loud.”

Source : Rebecca Stead (2010). “When You Reach Me/First Light”, p.165, Wendy Lamb Books
“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.”
“In shamanic cultures, sychronicities are recognized as signs that you are on the right path.”
“I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.”
“Bahrain 's margin of freedom is growing day after day as we head into the future with steady steps.”
“Publish and be damned.”
“The library is not, as some would have it, a place for the retiring of disposition or faint of heart. It is not an ivory tower or a quiet room in a sanitarium facing away from the afternoon sun. It is, rather, a command center, a power base. A board room, a war room. An Oval Office for all who preside over their own destinies. One does not retreat from the world here; one prepares to join it at an advantage.”

Source : Eric Burns (1995). “The Joy of Books: Confessions of a Lifelong Reader”

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