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Quote by W. C. Sellar

“History is not what you think. It is what you can remember.”

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W. C. Sellar was an enigmatic writer whose career and life story remain unclear. His unique style and expression have had some influence on later generations. more

“Well, my daddy, he didn't leave me much, you know he was a very simple man, but what he did tell me was this, he did say, son, he said, he say, you know it's possible to become so defiled in this world that your own father and mother will abandon you and if that happens, God will always believe in your ability to mend your ways.”

Ifs Knows Men World Way Believe Wells Said Happens Mother Father Simple Ability This World Son Gods Will Abandon Believe In You Daddy Leaving Me Always Believe Simple Man

Author:Bob Dylan

“You can draw a line between what I'm interested in and what I'm not interested in. On one side you can name Dylan and Lennon, who observe the world and have feelings, and write songs directly from those feelings. On the vapid side you have pop groups who need material and write songs to fill the hole, rather than getting somebody else.”

World Needs Writing Feelings Song Names Sides Lines Groups Materials Draws Pops Holes Not Interested Dylan Lennon Vapid

Author:Roger Waters

“Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.”

Ifs Book Enough Had Enough Superstitious

Author:Terry Pratchett

“There is a magic in some books / That sucks a man into connections / With the spirits hard to touch / That join him to his kind.”

Men Kind Book Hard Spirit Magic Connections

Author:Roger Waters

“READ! Books can be as delicious as hot-fudge sundaes, as funny as clowns, as exciting as a baseball game that's tied in the 9th inning, and as beautiful as the best sunset you ever saw.”

Book Beautiful Games Saws Baseball Exciting Hot Sunset Tied Delicious Clown Baseball Games Fudge Sundaes

Author:Judith Viorst

“There's all sorts of things I was always meaning to get around to - learning to play the flute, calculating the square root of nought, going mad - but I just didn't have the time.”

Play Roots Mad Squares Calculating Flutes Square Roots

Author:Tom Holt

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