"We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it."

-- Lynne Truss

#Book Quotes #Journey Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.”
“One can ask why the I has to appear in the cogito {Descartesâ€™ argument â€œI think therefore I am.}, since the cogito, if used rightly, is the awareness of pure consciousness, not directed at any fact or action. In fact the I is not necessary here, since it is never united directly to consciousness. One can even imagine a pure and self-aware consciousness which thinks of itself as impersonal spontaneity.”
“Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty”

Source : Dominic Lawson (1994). “End Game: Kasparov Vs. Short”, Harmony
“Hold yourselves accountable before you are held accountable.”
“The amazing thing since so many variables enter into historical judgments, is not that historians disagree but that they agree as often as they do.”
“Don't confuse facts with reality.”
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”

Source : Calvin Coolidge (1920). “Law and Order”
“I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.”

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