"A book is more than the sum of its materials. It is an artifact of the human mind and hand."

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Source : Geraldine Brooks (2008). “People of the Book: A Novel”, p.31, Penguin

Geraldine Brooks

#Book Quotes #Hands Quotes #Mind Quotes

“You're never allowed to step on people to get ahead, but you can step over them if they're in your way.”
“The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range.”
“I was just getting out of a shootaround in Milwaukee when I found out. I took out my insoles (from my shoes) and I was out of there.”
“Nationalism is a type of insanity in which the boundaries of a land replace God.”
“It is not the time spent with the child at their activity that is going to produce the highest level athlete. It is in supporting the child in an organized activity so the child can find what they truly like to do and let them go.”
“Normal! He thought. Normal! I don't want things to be normal. Normal is always being left out, never belonging.”
“Each of you knows that the foundation of our faith is charity. Without it, our religion would crumble. We will never be truly Catholic unless we conform our entire lives to the two commandments that are the essence of the Catholic faith: to love the Lord, our God, with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves.”
“The public service is not a serial child-snatcher”

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