Our thinking was limited by convention (the most subtle but oppressive dictator).
“I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.”
― The Angel's Game
― The Angel's Game
“So long as we are being remembered, we remain alive.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Few things are more deceptive than memories.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“That book taught me that by reading, I could live more intensely. It could give me back the sight I had lost. For that reason alone, a book that didn't matter to anyone changed my life.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.”
― Steve Jobs
― Steve Jobs
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