"I seldom read on beaches or in gardens. You can't read by two lights at once, the light of day and the light of the book. You should read by electric light, the room in shadow, and only the page lit up."

-- Marguerite Duras

#Beach Quotes #Book Quotes #Garden Quotes

“I'm Greek, and we're conspiratorial by nature.”

Source : "Scarborough Country" with Joe Scarborough, www.nbcnews.com. April 30, 2007.
“What if I could give you your life back; pluck out the pain; and give you a world of unimaginable beauty that would be for all time.”
“The average American is nothing if not patriotic.”
“It is important to note that research has shown that men who have abusive mothers do not tend to develop especially negative attitudes toward females, but men who have abusive fathers do; the disrespect that abusive men show their female partners and their daughters is often absorbed by their sons. So while a small number of abusive men do hate women, the great majority exhibit a more subtle-though often quite pervasive-sense of superiority or contempt toward females, and some don't show any obvious signs of problems with women at all until they are in a serious relationship.”
“Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.”

Source : "A Mathematician's Lament". genius.com. January 1, 2002.
“You start to look at it with a deeper respect and I think that deeper respect for what you do builds more self-respect.”
“I just sought a way to be someone I wasn't. To be loved.”
“I think the press, which arguably was cowed by the (Bush) administration in the run-up to the war with Iraq, was certainly not cowed in covering the aftermath of Katrina.”

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