"Not only did I avoid speaking of Salinger; I resisted thinking about him. I did not reread his letters to me. The experience had been too painful."

-- Joyce Maynard

#Pain Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Letters Quotes

“If we all knew each morning that there was going to be another morning, and on and on and on, we's tend not to notice the sunrise, or hear the birds, or the waves rolling into the shore. We'd tend not to treasure our time with the people we love. Simply the awareness that our mortal lives had a beginning and will have an end enhances the quality of our living. Perhaps it's even more intense when we know that the termination of the body is near, but it shouldn't be.”
“The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.”

Source : United States. Department of the Interior, Ray Lyman Wilbur, William Atherton DuPuy (1932). “Conservation in the Department of the Interior”, p.166
“More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.”
“I don't want anyone to appreciate the light or the palette of tones. I want my pictures to inform, to provoke discussion - and to raise money.”
“Work/Loaf Ratioâ€...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the â€œW/LRâ€ save to say that it is an algebraic formula of such complex numeric subtlety that it can be understood only by mathematicians and hobos.”
“Good poetry does undoubtedly tend to form the soul and character; it tends to beget a love of beauty and of truth in alliance together, it suggests, however indirectly, high and noble principles of action, and it inspires the emotion so helpful in making principles operative.”
“Some people say they love animals and yet harm them nonetheless; I'm glad those people don't love me.”

Source : Marc Bekoff (2010). “The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint”, p.172, New World Library
“Since the truth may not be what we would prefer. It is revealing that so many people today express approval by saying, "I'm comfortable with that," and disapproval by saying, "I'm not comfortable with that." Comfort is important when it comes to furniture and headphones, but it is irrelevant when it comes to truth.”

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