Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
“Ive fought for and against pretty much every cause there is. There will always be war of some kind. At first it was over fertile soil and good water, then precious metal and then the most popular v...”
“-I remember my father telling me about Englands redrawing of Indias boundaries when it became independent. They wanted to separate the Hindu from the Muslim, but they used outdated maps. Twelve mil...”
“I remember my father telling me about Englands redrawing of Indias boundaries when it became independent. They wanted to separate the Hindu from the Muslim, but they used outdated maps. Twelve mill...”
“Some experiences are universal. A girl is a girl whether she lives in West Omaha or Sweet Valley. Books are often far more than books.”
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
“The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,And all the sweet serenity of books”
“I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.”
“You have peace," the old woman said, "when you make it with yourself.”
“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.”
“I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa”
“At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.”
“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”