"There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books."

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Source : Irving Stone (1941). “Clarence Darrow for the defense”, Doubleday Books

Irving Stone

#Inspirational Quotes #Friendship Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Try to meet as many authors, agents, and editors as you can.”
“A prison is confining to the body, but whether it affects the mind, depends entirely upon the mind.”
“Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more.”
“Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark.”
“In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise the kids, and he protects the people. His entire life is toward balance and cooperativeness. The ideal of manhood is the same as the ideal of womanhood. You are autonomous, self-directing, and responsible for the spiritual, social and material life of all those with whom you live.”
“We are increasingly recognising and accepting, respecting and celebrating, our cultural diversity.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Archbishop Romero of El Salvador was a member of the Salvadoran aristocracy. He could not have risen to the top of the church hierarchy otherwise. But after he began voicing critical remarks about the war and concerned comments about the poor, he was assassinated.”
“Although man is not armed by nature nor is naturally swiftest in flight, yet he has something better by farâ€”reason. For by the possession of this function he exceeds the beasts to such a degree that he subdues. â€¦ You see, therefore, how much the gift of reason surpasses mere physical equipment.”

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