"Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise."

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Source : FaceBook post by Philip Roth from Jun 17, 2011

Philip Roth

#Reading Quotes #Noise Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Ingratitude is the frost that nips the flower even as it opens, that shrivels the generous apple on the branch, that freezes the fountain in mid-flow and numbs the hand, even in the very act of giving. It is a sin of silence, absence and omission, as winter's sin is a lack of light; a sin against charity, which otherwise warms the heart and, in the truest sense, makes the world turn.”

Source : "Why the ‘My Job Is Harder’ Fight Isn’t a Battle You Want to Win" by Lisa Earle McLeod, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2014.
“The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song.”

Source : "Ashes and Snow". Documentary, Drama, www.imdb.com. March 05, 2005.
“Player safety is definitely something that has to be at the top of the list. I think that the union and the NFL are doing all they can to make sure they're protecting the players the best they can.”
“Everyone's mind was their own. You absolutely cannot change them.”
“I was born the day before the March on Washington. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Everybody in my neighborhood was a Democrat. We just didn't have any Republicans, because anyone running as a Republican was very out of touch with what our community needed.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Do you girls have hope chests?' Lloyd asked. We certainly do.' I don't,' said Betsy. 'My husband and I are going to use paper plates and napkins.' Poor Joe!' Lucky Larry!”
“The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in charge of day-to-day operations. Whereas "producer" is often just a writing credit.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I thought of all that worked dark pits Of war, and died Digging the rock where Death reputes Peace lies indeed.”

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