Monday, December 10, 2012

Quotations on thinking, speaking and writing (16)



“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”
~Philip Roth

“Some people meet the way the sky meets the earth, inevitably, and there is no stopping or holding back their love. It exists in a finished world, beyond the reach of common sense.”
~Louise Erdrich (pictured), Tales of Burning Love

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
~Thornton Wilder

“Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.”
~Joan Didion

“More than any time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.”
~Woody Allen

The Takeaway: Keep an open mind. Have a great day.

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