"Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy; or something."

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Source : "Where I Learned To Read" by Salvatore Scibona, www.newyorker.com. June 13, 2011.

Salvatore Scibona

#Reading Quotes #Brain Quotes #Way Quotes

“I hate weekends because there is no stock market”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You must not fight. Do no harm to anyone. Do right always.”
“I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.”
“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.”
“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”
“If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!”
“There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky. I feel like tasteful is very unique...it's not necessarily wearing a bunch of chains - that could be either tasteful or tacky. It just depends on how you wear them and what kind of chains they are.”
“You have to be like a lion and a fox. The fox is smart enough to recognize traps, and the lion is strong enough to scare away the wolves. Be like a lion and a fox, and no one will ever beat you”

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