#favorites

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself. ↗

— Penelope Lively

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I try not to have favorites, but Barfly is one that I like. My favorite is always the one I just finished. ↗

— Barbet Schroeder

#favorite #favorites #finished #i #just

I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites. ↗

— Sydney Pollack

#fingers #hard #i #kids #like

And it really is a good feeling to get up there and make that sound. I'm not stuck in a time warp, because I can use as many of the old songs as I want to, just the favorites. ↗

— Dan Hicks

#favorites #feeling #get #good #good feeling

We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need at that particular time. But we never lose the old favorites. They're always with us. We just sort of accumulate them. ↗

— Lloyd Alexander

#favorites #reading #change

I learned that the day "The Viper's Drag" slipped from between my fingers. But whatever might be lost or broken or forgotten is nothing compared to the miraculous rebirth that occurs every time the needle hits the groove. Here is Fats Waller Himself, not dead but present, so present that he overwhelms the well-ordered precincts of the living room. The sound sprawls. What vibrates here has more life than any room. ↗

— Geoffrey O'Brien

#musical-favorites #rebirth #vinyl-records #life

tis true, 'tis pity, and 'tis pity, 'tis true.' what delightful things we might do were it not for Mrs. Harmon Andrews! ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#anne-shirley #childhood-favorites #dreams

It wasn't till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, "So, Ferris Boyd's your favorite?" She didn't mind, mostly. RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn't fibbing. "She's my favorite friend," he told her. "You're my favorite everything. ↗

— Katherine Hannigan

#friends #life #siblings #life

People who LIKE movies have a favorite. People who LOVE movies couldn't possibly choose. ↗

— Nicole Yatsonsky

#films #like #love #movies #love

How do we do this? Do I have to bite you?" I ask, squirming uncomfortably at the thought of doing so. "Why, do you want to? If so, by all means go right ahead. I doubt I'd mind much," he laughs. "No, no biting. You watch too many movies. ↗

— Jessica L Padilla

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