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Plankuton’s Quotes

“What the future held for her she didn't know. Of two things only she was certain. There would be children-her own or other people's-and there would be books.”
― Alice Dalgliesh, The Silver Pencil

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“The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.”
― Iain M. Banks

tags: fiction, fiction-writing, writing, writing-craft

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“Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As one Sufi master has argued, why spend time reading a love letter (by which he means the Quran) in the presence of the Beloved who wrote it?”
― Reza Aslan, No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam

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“It is good people who make good places.”
― Anna Sewell, Black Beauty

tags: attitude, genius-loci, goodness, people, places, spirit, warmth, welcoming

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“Fear of joy is the darkest of captivities.”
― Phil Kaye

tags: fear, joy, phil-kaye, poetry, second-world-war, teeth

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(click on image to go to discussion) We believe reading is fun and find unique and challenging ways to spread the love of reading. Th ...more

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