"Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?"

Beecher, Henry Ward on Books - Reading
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"Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house."

Beecher, Henry Ward on Books - Reading
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"I remember my youth and the feeling that will never come back any more --the feeling that I could last for ever, outlast the sea, the earth, and all men; the deceitful feeling that lures us on to joys, to perils, to love, to vain effort --to death; the triumphant conviction of strength, the heat of life in the handful of dust, the glow in the heart that with every year grows dim, grows cold, grows small, and expires --and expires, too soon, too soon --before life itself."

Conrad, Joseph on Youth
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"I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a little bird that has broken out of the egg."

Barrie, Sir James M. on Youth
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"Curious things, habits. People themselves never knew they had them."

Christie, Agatha on Habit
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"What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer."

Adams, Douglas on Challenges
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"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

Adams, Douglas on Responsibility
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"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

Adams, Douglas on Mystery
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"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

Adams, Douglas on Airplane and Aviation
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"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."

Adams, Douglas on Dreams
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