Thursday, September 2, 2010

Quotations, Quotations, Quotations

The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
— Winston Churchill

Thus, here are some of my favourite books from books, and about books. They're all stored on Quotables, my favourite quotations database. Enjoy!

From Books:
A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.
— Jack Kerouac, On The Road

We are the makers of music and the dreamers of dreams.
— Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
— Carl Sagan, Cosmos


About Books:

Good friends, good books & a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
Mark Twain

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Jessamyn West

Everyone has a book in them and that, in most cases, is where it should stay.
Christopher Hitchens


And, finally, some sage wisdom from P.J. O'Rourke
Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

3 comments:

said...

Ha, I dig those last two very much.

said...

Love the mark twain one. And the pj o rourke one.

said...

Glad you guys enjoyed!

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