Quotes
Authors
A. S. W. Rosenbach
"I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book." --
A. S. W. Rosenbach
#Lying Quotes
#Book Quotes
#Journey Quotes
“[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.”
“How joyful to be together, alone as when we first were joined in our little house by the river long ago, except that now we know each other, as we did not then; and now instead of two stories fumbling to meet, we belong to one story that the two, joining, made. And now we touch each other with the tenderness of mortals, who know themselves”
“It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.”
“Truth is coming and it cannot be stopped.”
“There was nothing a good adventure couldn't cure.”
“Every public action which is not customary, either is wrong or, if it is right, is a dangerous precedent. It follows that nothing should ever be done for the first time.”
“Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it.”
“I teach something called The Law of Probabilities, which says the more things you try, the more likely one of them will work. The more books you read, the more likely one of them will have an answer to a question that could solve the major problems of your life.. make you wealthier, solve a health problem, whatever it might be.”
