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“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”
― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables