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I was thinking, "So, I’m Emperor, am I? What nonsense! But at least I'll be able to make people read my books now. ↗


— Robert Graves


#claudius #emperor #robert-graves #roman #roman

I have a realistic grasp of my own strengths and weaknesses. My mind is my weapon. My brother has his sword, King Robert has his warhammer, and I have my mind… and a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That’s why I read so much, Jon Snow. ↗


— George R.R. Martin


#intellect #reading #strength #tyrion-lannister #intellect

Who learns most from a good book is the author. ↗


— Jose Bergamin


#book #good #good book #learns #most

MarkBaynard: If you start hanging out over here, won't your Facebook Friends miss you? Abby_Donovan: Those people weren't my friends. If they had been, they wouldn't have sent me all those annoying quizzes. MarkBaynard: A true friend never asks you to feed their imaginary fish. Or fertilize their imaginary crops. Abby_Donovan: Although with a little coaxing, I might be persuaded to take home your imaginary kitten. So how is Twitter different from Facebook? MarkBaynard: Twitter is the perpetual cocktail party where everyone is talking at once but nobody is saying anything. ↗


— Teresa Medeiros


#twitter

The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees. ↗


— Stephen Colbert


#facebook #hacking #humour #new-york-yankees #sport

It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a louder, clearer, more durable library of the banned, looted, plundered, shredded or curtailed. ↗


— Alberto Manguel


#banning #book-burning #books #censorship #library

Young minds - young brains - need stories and ideas like the ones in those [censored and banned] books in order to grow. They need ideas that you disagree with. They need ideas that I disagree with. Or they'll never be able to figure out what ideas they believe in. ↗


— Lev Grossman


#censorship #growth #ideas #young-minds #censorship

It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it. ↗


— Tony Hancock


#censorship #hancock #censorship

We knew the difference between that which cannot be expressed and that which must. We understood that while words are a path taking us only so far, they are a requisite to the journey. They are like road maps that show us which way to go. ↗


— Laura Bynum


#censorship #words #censorship

There are no wrong books. What's wrong is the fear of them. ↗


— Bernard Malamud


#censorship #fear #censorship






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