"To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text."

-- Henry James

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Lines Quotes

“My first soldier role was in 'Flags of Our Fathers.' Casting director Jay Binder saw that movie and was looking for soldiers for 'Journey's End,' which led to 'Generation Kill.'”
“Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.”
“Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts.”
“Want is one only of five giants on the road of reconstruction; the others are Disease, Ignorance, Squalor, and Idleness.”
“How we carry what has gone wrong for us is essential to being at home in ourselves, and present to the world with all of its failings.”
“A garden is the mirror of a mind. It is a place of life, a mystery of green moving to the pulse of the year, and pressing on and pausing the whole to its own inherent rhythms.”

Source : Henry Beston, Roger B. Swain (2001). “Herbs and the Earth”, p.6, David R. Godine Publisher
“People aren't afraid of failure, they just don't know how to succeed. We are each responsible for our own success (or failure). Winning at what you do is no exception. To ensure a win, you must take a proactive approach. Prevention of failure is an important part of that process.”
“Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.”

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