"The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading."

-- Tom Baker

#Reading Quotes #Fantasy Quotes #Old Testament Quotes

“My mother could never have said she loved fall, but as she walked down the steps with her suitcase in hand toward the red Monte Carlo her husband had been waiting in for nearly an hour, she could have said that she respected its place as a mediator between two extremes. Fall came and went, while winter was endured and summer was revered. Fall was the repose that made both possible and bearable, and now here she was was with her husband next to her, heading headlong into an early-fall afternoon with only the vaguest ideas of who they were becoming and what came next.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2010). “How to Read the Air”, p.16, Penguin
“To be a statesman, you must first get elected.”
“I have led an unusual life. I have buried a father killed at age 50 and two brothers killed in the prime of their lives. I raised my children as a single mother when my husband was arrested and held for eight years without a conviction - a hostage to my political career.”
“There's not much money in Tallahassee. Not many people can leave Tallahassee because they don't have the means.”
“The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.”
“To me, ultimate happiness is a journey, not a destination. It's not somewhere you end up, it's making choices every day to make yourself happy.”
“Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.”
“Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.”

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