“I actually think the deafness makes you see clearer. If you can't hear, you somehow see.” IfsThinkingDeafness Author:David Hockney
“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.” IfsKnowsMenWorldWayBelieveWellsSaidHappensMotherFatherSimpleAbilityThis WorldSonGods WillAbandonBelieve In YouDaddyLeaving MeAlways BelieveSimple 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.” WorldNeedsWritingFeelingsSongNamesSidesLinesGroupsMaterialsDrawsPopsHolesNot InterestedDylanLennonVapid Author:Roger Waters
“Granddad was superstitious about books. He thought that if you had enough of them around, education leaked out, like radioactivity.” IfsBookEnoughHad EnoughSuperstitious 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.” MenKindBookHardSpiritMagicConnections 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.” BookBeautifulGamesSawsBaseballExcitingHotSunsetTiedDeliciousClownBaseball GamesFudgeSundaes 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.” PlayRootsMadSquaresCalculatingFlutesSquare Roots Author:Tom Holt
“Some people may contend that there is no image more charming that a child holding a puppy or kitten. But for me that's a distant second. When I see a child clutching a book... to his or her tiny bosom, I'm moved. Children can possess a book in a way they can never possess a video game, a TV show, or a Darth Vader doll. A book comes alive when they read it. They give it life themselves by understanding it.” PeopleWayGivingMayChildrenBookShowsGamesUnderstandingAliveTvsMovedTinyVideoCharmingTv ShowsBosomsDollsPuppyKittenVader Author:Chris Van Allsburg
“God bless you all with peace, tranquility and good will.” BlessTranquilityGood WillGod BlessGod Bless YouPeace Tranquility Author:Bob Dylan