"But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet."

-- Chaim Potok

#Reading Quotes #Media Quotes #People Quotes

“The present was better. Much, much better. Humans had coffee now. And gelato.”
“Every true Freethinker accords to each individual the right to mental freedom. Where this freedom leads is no concern of others so long as it encroaches not upon their rights.”
“When does she do all this thinking? We're together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We've been married 48 years.”
“I like any dog that makes me look good when it stands next to me.”
“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.”
“I need to be very hungry all the time. I need to be very hungry to write.”
“Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it.”
“People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what small importance they are to others. [The human element]”

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