“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”
― The Cherry Orchard
― The Cherry Orchard
“Do not read as children do to enjoy themselves, or, as the ambitious do to educate themselves. No, read to live.”
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“We can have immortality or the memory of touch. But we can’t have both.”
― Everything, Everything
― Everything, Everything
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals–sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”
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“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
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