"The happiness even of the naturalist depends in some measure upon his ignorance, which still leaves him new worlds of this kind to conquer. He may have reached the very Z of knowledge in the books, but he still feels half ignorant until he has confirmed each bright particular with his eyes."

-- Robert Wilson Lynd

#Book Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Eye Quotes

“To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.”
“We should trust people to be exactly what they have proven themselves to be, no more and no less.”
“I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.”
“When we really understand the fact of separate realities, we will stop spending so much time and energy trying to change the reality of others”

Source : Jane Nelsen (1986). “Understanding: Eliminating Stress and Dissatisfaction in Life and Relationships”, Empowering People Books Tapes
“My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.”
“I learned early to keep death in my line of sight, keep it under surveillance, keep it on cleared ground and away from any brush where it might coil unnoticed.”
“Technological change can become 'fetishized' as a 'thing in itself', as an exogenous guiding force in the history of capitalism.”
“And Iâ€™d choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, Iâ€™d find you and Iâ€™d choose you.”

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