"She had her addictions and one of them was reading."

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Jeannette Walls

#Reading Quotes #Addiction Quotes

“The heaven of poetry and romance still lies around us and within us.”
“Right knows no boundaries, and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is not a domestic institution.”
“Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.”

Source : William Shakespeare, Alfred Leslie Rowse (1984). “King Lear: modern text with introduction”, Univ Pr of Amer
“Making lasting gifts for animals in our estate plans is perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure animals have the strongest possible voice for their protection.”
“Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?”
“I always feel a certain sense of reverence in libraries, even small city ones that smell like homeless internet users.”
“And that desire-the strong desire to take pictures-is important. It borders on a need, based on a habit: the habit of seeing. Whether working or not, photographers are looking, seeing, and thinking about what they see, a habit that is both a pleasure and a problem, for we seldom capture in a single photograph the full expression of what we see and feel. It is the hope that we might express ourselves fully-and the evidence that other photographers have done so-that keep us taking pictures.”
“Humility is the essence of repentance. Humility is selfless, not selfish. ItÂ doesn'tÂ demand its own way or speak with moral superiority. Instead, humility answers softlyÂ and listens kindly for understanding, not vindication.Â Humility recognizes that no one can change someone else, but with faith, effort, and the help of God,Â weÂ can undergoÂ our ownÂ mighty change of heart.”

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