"Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood."

-- Jane Yolen

#Childhood Quotes #Literature Quotes #Disease Quotes

“Time has taught me not to lose hope, yet not to trust too much in hope either.”

Source : Carlos Ruiz Zafon (2005). “The Shadow of the Wind”, p.424, Penguin
“Most pastors railing against gay marriage have never cried out on racism, any type of injustice or police brutality. They've never once made a statement about health care. Many of them are silent on community issues. They are very silent, but they have become the leaders of this particular movement.”
“Take pictures with your heart.”

Source : Ruth Gruber (2010). “Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent”, p.224, Open Road Media
“All gods are tricksters, and war gods worst of any.”
“A Muslim allowed a topless Jew to sit on his camel. And we say we can't live side by side? I say we try and we can and we will. And you don't even have to be topless. L'chaim.”

Source : FaceBook post by Chelsea Handler from Jan 28, 2015
“About the last thing I ever wanted in life was a knighthood, and even today some forty years after the event, I find it difficult to come to terms with a life where old and valued friends insist on calling me 'Sir' instead of Don, simply because they think it is protocol. But I have consciously shouldered these burdens because I felt that I was the medium through which cricket could achieve a higher status and gain maximum support from the people, not only in Australia but throughout the world.”
“It's like you might have some great scene that you love but for some reason - and you can't necessarily put your finger on it - the movie's not working or it seems slow or ponderous in some way, and even though it has your favorite scene in there, actually the favorite scene is the culprit. That's the painful thing about editing, is trying to locate those things that are holding the movie back and then having the guts to cut them. And it is painful to do it.”
“And my music is always such a release of what I feel inside, an impulse.”

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