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A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

Blood had long since ceased to beat from one end to the other, but one could sense, from passages marked with fresher traces of wheels and hooves, that once the meaning and even the very idea of a long journey was lost, sleep had not descended over it in one fell swoop: it had continued to steal a march here and there, in a discontinuous way, and over short distances, like a laborer who feels his cart jolt on a section of Roman road that crosses his field...

In 2016, Trump, with his outsized ego, his anti-immigrant and anti-trade positions, coupled with barely disguised racism and deep-seated sexism and a willingness to lie whenever it suited him, was a near perfect fit.

Love holds the key to human happiness.

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it.

Where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College

One of the best ways to deal with the peer pressure of the 'Fear of Missing Out' is to opt-out whenever possible.

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?

Digital technology has several features that can make it much easier for teachers to pay special attention to all their students.

It is fair to say that Africa has become a major force in moving the world towards multi-polarity, an important emerging market that helps promote global economic recovery and integration, and an outstanding representative of diverse civilizations in the world.

When I first started getting into the business, a young woman in a music game that was mostly men, I did feel inadequate.

Take the Kama Sutra. How many people died from the Kama Sutra as opposed to the Bible? Who wins?

The whole world feels that it knows Francis, not so much because he follows Francis of Assisi but because he is always himself. We have seen him pay his own hotel bill and heard that Francis called Buenos Aires for a pair of ordinary black shoes, like John XXIII, who preferred stout peasant shoes to the traditional papal footwear.

We will cooperate with whoever is best... as long as they choose us as well. It cannot be merely unrequited love.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

It is very certain that the desire of life prolongs it.

It was always kind of sad when your favorite punk rockers, like Jello Biafra or someone, would say they hate something you like. It was, 'Oh, I thought we were on the same page.'

You're thinking I'm one of those wise-ass California vegetarians who is going to tell you that eating a few strips of bacon is bad for your health. I'm not. I say its a free country and you should be able to kill yourself at any rate you choose, as long as your cold dead body is not blocking my driveway.

I understand when you have great players on losing teams who are tired of losing, struggling in the playoffs every year. You're the lone star. I've been in that position.

The mercantile business did not suit me.