"A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded."

-- Daniel Handler

#Book Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Islands Quotes

“When heaven joins the battle against you, who could stand?”
“Of course in the first matches you are more careful, perhaps more careful than you should be”
“The arts are not frosting but baking soda.”
“So I've been pushed farther and farther out into the mountains, but at the same time realizing that that experience is really nice and I'm glad I'm getting pushed out there farther.”
“There's something really precious in that - if you try to tame something that's meant to be wild you wind up jeopardizing the nature of why it exists.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Burn with that consuming fire of objectivity that forces a man to renew efforts that are doomed to failure.”
“I don't know how, but I know Who”
“I see love, like art, as an obsession. Maybe that's an overly romantic view of human existence, but I'm an overly romantic human being. If love, like rock and roll, doesn't consume me 24-7, it's not love. It can be respect, appreciation, admiration, wonderment, it can be a world of glory and a lifetime of peace, but I can't call it love. Love burns me and confuses me. Love's a light that can't be extinguished.”

Source : Scott Weiland (2011). “Not Dead & Not for Sale: A Memoir”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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