"From that moment on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again."

-- Betty Smith

#Lonely Quotes #Reading Quotes #World Quotes

“I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference.”
“Motherhood has been an exercise in guilt.”
“True abundance has nothing to do with what I am having, but everything to do with what I am being.”
“May your swords stay sharp -Brom”
“A childâ€™s greatest achievements are possible in play, achievements that tomorrow will become her basic level of real action.”
“Now our world is at the present time firmly in the grip of a mechanical monster, whose head - if you want to call it that - is the World Engineer's Complex. That monster is opposed to us and can keep all too good a tab on us through every purchase we make with our credit numbers, every time we use the public transportation or eat a meal or rent a place to live.”

Source : Gordon R. Dickson (1963). “No Room for Man”, New York : MacFadden-Bartell Corporation
“Empty vessels make the most sound.”
“Art is not great. Music is not great. It's just that they tickle us. When one steadfastly refuses greatness - then and then only can the wonderful thing we call art be created.”

Source : John Marin (1970). “John Marin”

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