8 quotes found
“Aren't maids the ultimate art critics?”
“Nothing is more impotent than an unread library.”
“I mean, what is prison, really, except a good bar without the liquor?”
“Do we secretly idolize our imagined opposites, yearning to become the role models for others we know we could never be for ourselves?”
“You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones yo...”
“Our assholes will be clean but we must never wash our hands. Our immune systems will be strengthened by our being dirty. Not filthy. Just mildly grimy. Filthy fingernails have always been a favorit...”
“I'm always amazed at friends who say they try to read at night in bed but always end up falling asleep. I have the opposite problem. If a book is good I can't go to sleep, and stay up way past my b...”
“Being rich is not about how much money you have or how many homes you own it's the freedom to buy any book you want without looking at the price and wondering if you can afford it.”
