"Every reader his or her book. Every book its reader."

-- S. R. Ranganathan

#Book Quotes #Reader Quotes

“The first fundamental of successful city life: People must take a modicum of responsibility for each other even if they have no ties to each other. This is a lesson no one learns by being told. It is learned from the experience of having other people without ties of kinship or close friendship or formal responsibility to you take a modicum of responsibility for you.”

Source : Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.82, Vintage
“No, the horror genre is not my first love. I don't run to the theater to see horror films.”
“Take a moment to think... See - logically.”
“In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death.”
“I think men were destined to become homemakers. After all, who ever heard of "Ms. Clean" or the "Woman from Glad"?”
“I just watch a lot of different films and different TV shows. Really for me, it's just looking at how people react to different shows in different genres. For me, it's more a study of people than a study of acting.”
“I do not play chess â€“ I fight at chess. Therefore, I willingly combine the tactical with the strategic, the fantastic with the scientific, the combinative with the positional, and I aim to respond to the demands of each given position.”
“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.”

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