Jacob Villa

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Vladimir Nabokov
“We must assume, I think, that the forward projection of what imagination he had, stopped at the act, on the brink of all its possible consequences; ghost consequences, comparable to the ghost toes of an amputee or to the fanning out of additional squares which a chess knight (that skipspace piece), standing on a marginal file, "feels" in phantom extensions beyond the board, but which have no effect whatever on his real moves, on the real play.”
Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire

William Manchester
“Later he would say that writing a book “is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.”
William Manchester, The Last Lion: Visions of Glory 1874-1932

Joe Rigney
“Good music excellently played beautifies the world, calling people out of the prison of themselves to something greater and grander. Literature, both writing and reading it, is strategic. How many people have been primed to receive the gospel because they read The Chronicles of Narnia as children? And how much medieval philosophy and classical poetry and fantastic fiction did C. S. Lewis have to read before he was equipped to write those precious books?”
Joe Rigney, The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts

Charles Haddon Spurgeon
“Those who feed upon the Word grow strong and peaceful and are by God’s grace hidden from the strife of tongues.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, The Golden Alphabet: An Exposition of Psalm 119

E.M. Forster
“As they walked up the garden, the orange cactus fell, and Mr. Beebe’s last vision was of the garden-child clasping it like a lover, his dark head buried in a wealth of blossom.

“It is terrible, this havoc among the flowers,” he remarked.”
E.M. Forster, A Room with a View

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