"The first sentence of a book is a handshake, perhaps an embrace."

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Source : "OPINION; My Life's Sentences" by Jhumpa Lahiri, archive.nytimes.com. March 18, 2012.

Jhumpa Lahiri

#Book Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Embrace Quotes

“So in that way, fame has become a weirder thing to go after, but the thing about me is I've never been after fame. That sounds cliché, but it's true. I think fame sounds uncomfortable to me, but being able to like write this book and make my living doing very exciting, creative stuff sounds really amazing. It has been really amazing.”

Source : Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.
“It's definitely like being in some weird sorority. I'm friends with a lot of actresses, but my 'SNL' friends are my closest.”

Source : "‘Suburgatory’ Star Ana Gasteyer Talks New Show And ‘SNL’ Past". The Huffington Post Interview, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2012.
“How far you go in life depends on...”
“There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.”
“Generally speaking, rural drivers are a much better behaved species than city drivers. I'm not sure whether they're intrinsically this way, or there are just fewer opportunities for them to do behave badly. You can't go around running red lights if there aren't any red lights to run.”
“So one thing I want to say about life is don't be scared and don't hang back, and most of all, don't waste it.”

Source : Joan W. Blos (2013). “A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“The important things are to train hard, and not give upÂ hope.”
“I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.”

Source : George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, James Knox Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama (2017). “Inaugural Speeches from the Presidents of the United States - Complete Edition”, p.110, e-artnow sro

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