"Of course my father was a great influence on me. He taught me how to read."

-- Michael Foot

#Father Quotes #Taught Quotes #Influence Quotes

“All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

Source : "A DreamWithin a Dream" l. 10 (1849)
“She responds by kissing me harder and longer and deeper. She loves me too. She's just afraid.”

Source : Julie Anne Peters (2009). “Rage: A Love Story”, p.140, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Give what you can, take what you need.”
“Books are personal, passionate. They stir emotions and spark thoughts in a manner all their own, and I'm convinced that the shattered world has less hope for repair if reading becomes an ever smaller part of it.”
“The sensual caress of waist deep cold smoke.... glory in skiing virgin snow, in being the first to mark the powder with the signature of their run.”

Source : Tim Cahill (1989). “A Wolverine is Eating My Leg”, Vintage
“Society is the atmosphere of souls; and we necessarily imbibe from it something which is either infectious or healthful.”
“I know what love is because I lost it at an early age.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“I like the drawings. And as a photography fan myself, I would look at Helmut Newton or Irving Penn and like to see the initial notes or drawings, to see where the ideas grew from. Also my sketches are key to my work because I came to realise early on that by doing drawings, I could formulate a plan of what I was thinking of - I could take control and direct the work.”

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