“Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.”
"Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness."
"You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height."
"I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there."
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