"The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants."

--

Roy Blount, Jr.

#Library Quotes #Pants Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around?”
“Buying a book is not about obtaining a possession, but about securing a portal.”
“I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.”
“An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it.”
“I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.”
“Set your sails now but the ocean is very rough and treacherous... if you keep going you will get there.”
“Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium is syntax, grammar and logical continuity, which together form the carrier-wave of plain sense within which its deeper meanings are broadcast.”
“No-one can disappoint you, only your thoughts about them can”

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