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It is impossible to think of any good meal, no matter how plain or elegant, without soup or bread in it
Nature makes boys and girls lovely to look upon so they can be tolerated until they acquire some sense.
a perfect piece of architecture kindles that aimless reverie, which bears the soul we know not whither.
Democratic forms of government are vulnerable to mass prejudice, the so-called tyranny of the majority.
This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.
Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.
Sam,' the girl said. 'Sam.' She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was broken.
...the sound of our lack of conversation amplified by the echo of our footsteps on the stone around us.
sensitive," I tried. Sam translated, "squishy." "creative." "Dangerously Emo." "thoughtful." Feng shui.
The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.
Better to lose count while naming your blessings than to lose your blessings to counting your troubles.
One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me.
We should always forgive. We should forgive the repentant for their sake, the unrepentant for our sake.
Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.
Not wishing to blow my own trumpet, I'm as near to being the perfect dog owner as it is possible to be.
You cannot be afraid, Read the book. Smile at it. It's a great book-the greatest book you've ever read.
The point is, it didn’t really matter what the book was about. It was what it meant that was important.
...they watched the humans disappear. They watched them dissolve, like moving tablets in the humid air.
If you ever write a book, I can only give you one piece of advice. Don't let your parents get involved.
Seek out people to work with who are brimming with talent, energy, integrity, optimism, and generosity.
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.
Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again.
To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence.
If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.
When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.
All important things in art have always originated from the deepest feeling about the mystery of Being.
Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.
I didn't seem to have that effect on anyone but it would have been a waste for both of us to be saints.
'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.
With ignorant masses, the travel back in time is not only a possible travel, but it is the only travel!
All the streams carry the wisdom of the forest to the lake, and over there, silence replaces the noise!
Do not complain about the length of the road! What will you do when the road finishes? Let it continue!
Eagle rises to the top of the precipice with its wings; man, to the top of the honour, with his morals!
Every bridge is a holy saint; it helps everyone who comes to him and protects them from the precipices!
However small you might be, if necessary, struggle against the mountain of evils however big it may be!
Mystery keeps man alive; it opens his ears, his eyes, and his mind! Find a mystery and try to solve it!
Sometimes we walk away from our big dreams; but then, this time our big dreams don't let us to go away!
We need another universe, a smaller one; with more Earth's and less Saturn's; more alive and less dead!
When something is done, it should be done the way a stone bridge that lives thousands of years is done!
Waiting makes wine better; but waiting makes man decay! Don't wait because you have no time! Move fast!
Empty your birdcage, empty your aquarium! To love is to give freedom; to love is to refuse the prisons!
Let us be happy too when we see a happy man, because happiness is a candle light in this dark universe!
What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More.
I think sometimes we rush through countries, ticking off the attractions, but that's missing the point.
Great advantages are often attended with great inconveniences, and great minds called to severe trials.
Birds sing even when the world is filled with sadness. I don't know why people can't do the same thing.
We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.
In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens.