"To a book collector, you see, the true freedom of all books is somewhere on his shelves."

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Walter Benjamin

#Book Quotes #Shelves Quotes #True Freedom Quotes

“I wouldn't say I was sexy! But I guess that's fine if that's what they say. I like that in concert. That's neat.”
“To catch a wave, to stand up - it was just life-changing. There was nothing that even came close. I quit playing all other sports - by the time I was eleven, they were toast.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.”
“What can I expect here? You know the fairy tale about the man who died, donâ€™t you? He was waiting in Eternity to find out what the Lord had decided to do with him. He waited and waited, for one year, ten years, a hundred years. He begged and pleaded for a decision. Finally he couldnâ€™t bear the waiting any longer. Then they said to him: â€˜What do you think youâ€™re waiting for? Youâ€™ve been in Hell for a long time already.”

Source : Anna Seghers (2013). “Transit”, p.186, New York Review of Books
“Adversity is something that makes reaching your goals so much more rewarding than if it didn't exist. .”

Source : Lennox Lewis @LennoxLewis, twitter.com. April 21, 2012.
“I had a really good feeling about that match. You know, they are good friends, and Chris had to feel really relaxed because of being out there with Tiger.”

Source : Interview, www.rydercup.com. September 18, 2004.
“Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.”

Source : Joseph Bayly (2000). “A Voice in the Wilderness”, p.241, David C Cook
“Furthermore, they had calculated that if 25,000 of them died for every one of us, they would finish with us first, for they were many and we were but few.”

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