"Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive) alone with a book the whole razzmatazz of prizes, banquets, television spectaculars, bestseller lists, even literature courses, editors and authors, are all worthless. Unless a book finds lovers among those solitary readers, it will not live . . . or live for long."

-- John McGahern

#Book Quotes #Editors Quotes #Long Quotes

“Is love this misguided need to have you beside me most of the time? Is love this safety I feel in our silences? Is it this belonging, this completeness?”
“Our lives as we lead them as passed on to others, whether in physical or mental forms, tingeing all future lives together. This should be enough for one who lives for truth and service to his fellow passengers on the way.”
“If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.”

Source : "A Real Person Who Has Real Thoughts and Feelings". Interview with Stephanie Palumbo, logger.believermag.com. February 29, 2016.
“Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.”
“I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes.”
“There are no dumb questions, but there are plenty of people who give dumb answers.”
“I stood up to the liberal elite when they came to our state (Alabama) and tried to eliminate the death penalty, we won, they lost.”
“I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person.”

Source : Biography/Person Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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