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“Reading would have been a victory, there, something she had committed to despite the obstacles. Something she felt proud of accomplishing. Now, with nothing but time, reading just felt like a way of distracting herself from reality.”

Book:Mother Land

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“Има људи, који су у свом животу видели свега неколико залазака сунца, а још мање има људи који су видели свитање и оргије сунчевог изласка. Обожавају природу само деца и лудаци; само они говоре с биљкама по путу и с камењем у пољу. На од њих стоје још филозофи и песници, који се детињски уски супротној тачци поменутог пријатеља за такав свет била је крволочна онолико колико је његова љубав за природу била дивљачка.”

Quotes Serbia Srbija Jovan Dučić

Book:Gradovi i himere

Source: Gradovi i himere

“A love for books is the best indicator of a curious mind.”

Reading Books

Book:A Forgery of Roses

Source: A Forgery of Roses

“I resist the urge to scroll through to the end, a tic I've had since I was a kid, when I realized there were too many books in the world and not enough time.”

Reading Book Lovers Readers Emily Henry Nora Stephens

Book:Book Lovers

Source: Book Lovers

“…it’s very likely that the sentences I’ll underline in future will be different from the sentences I underlined in the past, when I was in Tangier—you don’t ever step into the same book twice after all.”

Reading Books Highlights Readers Rereading Marginalia Underlining

Book:Checkout 19

Source: Checkout 19

“As I have said—and as should be obvious—stupid people need to read books in order to get smarter, but unfortunately people who like books are usually smart already, and stupid people do not read.”

Reading Books Smart

Book:One Two Three

Source: One Two Three

“I read the newspaper a little at a time. I cut the paper up into tiny slivers, each about the size of a fortune cookie slogan, and then I mix all the scraps together and then read them at random one by one. That's how I stay current with duck farm trends.”

Reading News Absurd Ducks Read Duck Duck Quote Duck Quotes Newspaper Trend

Book:Ducks are the stars of the karaoke bird world

Source: Ducks are the stars of the karaoke bird world

“Most people would usually rather guess the wrong answer than say that they do not know.”

Reading Education Knowledge Information Humility Ignorance Intelligence Arrogance Pessimism Guess

Author:Mokokoma Mokhonoana

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