"Every library answers a twofold need, which is often also a twofold obsession: that of conserving certain objects (books) and that of organizing them in certain ways"

-- Georges Perec

#Book Quotes #Library Quotes #Needs Quotes

“You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have to break it up into smaller chunks. But those smaller chunks aren't good old familiar short stories. Novels aren't built out of short stories. They are built out of scenes.”
“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?”
“You know the minute you stop thinking about it, it'll happen.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “Lock and Key”, p.95, Penguin
“No, I'm happy doing this. Five sweaters and a pair of dirty pants, you can make pretty good money.”
“Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.”
“He that would be conformed to Christ's image, and become a Christ-like man, must be constantly studying Christ Himself.”
“There are a lot of things I'm proud of, but the proudest have yet to come.”

Source : Interview with Carla Rupp, www.jazzreview.com. January 29, 2011.
“I don't want to be all worthy about it, but I don't do red carpets, I don't do events and I don't accept freebies that much.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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