"Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of Lord Nelson.' I'm addicted to secondhand bookshops."

-- Hari Kunzru

#Beautiful Quotes #Book Quotes #Grandmother Quotes

“Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!”
“Humans are producers of their life circumstance not just products of them.”
“New Mexico is full of brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to service.”
“And as we drift into sleep, I feel something Iâ€™ve never felt before. A closeness that isnâ€™t merely physical. A connection that defies the fact that weâ€™ve only just met. A sensation that can only come from the most euphoric of feelings: belonging.”
“My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.”
“Certainly amongst all devotions, after that of receiving the sacraments, that of adoring Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament holds first place, is most pleasing to God, and most useful to ourselves. Do not then, O devout soul, refuse to begin this devotion; and forsaking the conversation of men, dwell each day, from this time forward, for at least half or quarter of an hour, in some church, in the presence of Jesus Christ under the sacramental species. Taste and see how sweet is the Lord.”
“When I found music I thought, that's what I want to do, but the idea of it being a job never crossed my mind. I just wanted to be good enough to pick up a guitar at a party, or if I saw a girl I liked, to work up the courage to play a song.”
“Werner Herzog, I knew him for so many years, when Fassbinder was at his highest moment. But we had a rule: An actor from Fassbinder could never work with an actor of Werner Herzog or Wim Wenders. Because if we would have done that, we would have been spies. "Ah, you worked with Werner - how was it? How did he direct you?" I was Fassbinder's actor.”

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