#red

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone. ↗

— Laura Bush

#alone #book #books #into #lies

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy. ↗

— Octavia Butler

#fiction #grim #i #kind #kindred

Life is one long process of getting tired. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#life #long #long process #process #tired

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bored #death #die #i #my own

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#distrust #educating #important #magazines #matter

If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#dare #deal #good #good deal #hence

What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#bet #betting #faith #i #kind

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#asks #doubt #guide #hence #him

A comic can be aesthetically beautiful. I think they captured it beautifully and accurately. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#aesthetically #beautiful #beautifully #captured #comic

Joining 'ER,' I felt like that kid who got the golden ticket in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I've been offered chocolate bars all these years, but there had been no golden ticket. Just the stomachache that was called 'Jake in Progress.' ↗

— John Stamos

#been #called #charlie #chocolate #factory