"Learning to decipher words had only added to the pleasures of holding spines and turning pages, measuring the journey to the end with a thumb-riffle, poring over frontispieces. Books! Opening with a crackle of old glue, releasing perfume; closing with a solid thump."

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John Crowley

#Book Quotes #Journey Quotes #Pages Quotes

“We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort!”
“Far from creating a new formalism, what these can yield is something far transcending surface values since they not only embody form as beauty, but also form in which intuitions or ideas or conjectures have taken visible substance.”

Source : Max Bill, Eduard Hüttinger, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1978). “Max Bill”
“The irony of good customer service is that over time it will bring in more new customers than promotions and price slashing ever did!”
“Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling.”
“A singer can quit once he or she has made ten great songs; a director can finish once he or she has made five amazing films; a writer just needs to write three great books.”
“No. The purpose is not the destination but the journey itself. Only those who understand this simple truth can experience true happiness.”
“Eternity: what a waste of time.”
“It is vitally important that our children know they are loved and safe at home”

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