"Readers soon tire of prefaces, and skip them, and so the labor of writing them is lost."

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Sarah Josepha Hale

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Tire Quotes

“You don't have to stop thinking and asking questions to believe in God, child. If He'd wanted a flock of eight billion sheep, He wouldn't have given us opposable thumbs, much less free will.”
“She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away.”

Source : William Allingham (1854). “Day and Night Songs”
“It turns out we're very good at not seeing things”

Source : Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. July 5, 2012.
“Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.”

Source : "Loving What Is: How Four Questions Can Change Your Life". Book by Byron Katie, 2002.
“American labor may now look to the future with confidence.”
“I love to see folks use reason if they have got any ...”

Source : Marietta Holley (1875). “My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light, to Guide Women to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, But which May be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, Without Injury to Themselves Or the Book”, p.86
“What the altar-bound of today end up buying from their numberless vendors is a dog's breakfast of bridal excess - part society wedding of the twenties, part Long Island Italian wedding of the fifties. It's The Philadelphia Story and The Wedding Singer served up together in one curious and costly buffet.”
“I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.”

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