"Books. They are lined up on shelves or stacked on a table. There they are wrapped up in there jackets, lines of neat print on nicely bound pages. They look like such orderly, static things. Then you, the reader come along. You open the book jacket, and it can be like opening the gates to an unknown city, or opening the lid of a treasure chest. You read the first word and you're off on a journy of exploration and discovery."

-- David Almond

#Book Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Cities Quotes

“There is a lot of difference between offering a garland of flowers bought from a shop and one that we make out of flowers picked from our home garden. When we plant the flowers, water them, pick the flowers, make the garland and take it to the temple, thoughts of God alone live in our minds. The Lord accepts anything offered to Him with intense Love. When we buy a garland at a store and place it on the deity it is only a ceremonial act while the other is a garland of pure devotion and an act of love.”
“If I get run into again, I'm taking someone with me. I lost one knee. I'll take a head if it happens again.”

Source : Grant Fuhr, Bruce Dowbiggin (2014). “Grant Fuhr: The Story of a Hockey Legend”, p.150, Random House Canada
“The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.”
“You can't be pro-business unless you're pro-education..”

Source : "Schieffer: The return of the great political speech" by Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. September 5, 2012.
“Service is an opportunity for young women to really empower themselves.”
“The respect for human rights is one of the most significant advantages of a free and democratic nation in the peaceful struggle for influence, and we should use this good weapon as effectively as possible.”
“Journalism combines adventure with culture.”
“People do too much. They say too much.”

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