"The unadmitted reason why traditional readers are hostile to e-books is that we still hold the superstitious idea that a book is like a soul, and that every soul should have its own body."

-- Adam Kirsch

#Book Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Soul Quotes

“A little man often cast a long shadow.”
“A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Everyone must live, and everyone must express themselves, and must express themselves in the way of their karma.”
“In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.”
“It's easier to stand on the sidelines, criticize, and say why you shouldn't do something. The sidelines are crowded. Get in the game.”
“Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself, but if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires.”
“When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power already. This is why government benefits usually go to people who don't need benefits from government. Government may make some environmental improvements, but these will be improvements for rich bird-watchers. And no one in government will remember that when poor people go bird-watching they do it at Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
“My single greatest challenge is to remain centered and loving in an overwhelmingly nonvegan world. In today's world, cruelty and exploitation of other beings - human and non-human alike - are accepted, practiced, and profited from by most every institution of society - from commerce and science to education and entertainment. Unfortunately, the vast majority of Homo sapiens are either unaware of the cruelty or accept it as unavoidable and even normal.”

You may also like:

Benjamin Disraeli
Former Leader of the House of Commons
David Lehman
Poet
Derek Walcott
Poet
Elie Wiesel
Professor
Jorie Graham
Poet
Lionel Trilling
Literary critic
Robert Lowell
Poet
Robert Pinsky
Poet
Ruth Wisse
Professor