"I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love."

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Source : "Lust for words, and ice-cream too" by Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. November 25, 2007.

Anne Fadiman

#Book Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Smell Quotes

“In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.”
“I make the music as if I was scoring it. I do my best that the sounds will fit the theme of that track, but then there are many other times where it can be random and things happen for no reason, just for fun! A storyline can let me organize changes in the music better, like acts in a play.”
“In total acceptance, almost everything becomes a revelation.”
“But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?”
“Often, people who can do, donâ€™t because theyâ€™re afraid of what people that canâ€™t do will say about them doing.”
“I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is.”
“For the record, I believe elected officials should talk about faith. Our founders believed the moral principles of faith were indispensable to our nation's survival. The Declaration of Independence mentions God four times.”
“For this is the most civil sort of lie That can be given to a man's face. I now Say what I think.”

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