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Rip Van Winkle Quotes

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Rip Van Winkle Quotes

“Most of the people of this world are asleep in their minds.”

Mindfulness Awake Asleep Awoke Rip Van Winkle

Book:Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

Source: Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“The pumpkin itself is a symbol for mortality.”

Symbolism Pumpkin Pumpkins Rip Van Winkle Pumpkin Symbol

Book:Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

Source: Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

“Ours is a culture that dances on the edge of ephemerality. If our servers slept for too long or if we left our iPads unplugged for too long, we'd wake up like Rip Van Winkle to find all of our book culture erased.”

Rip Van Winkle E For Ephemerality

Book:Burning the Page: The eBook Revolution and the Future of Reading

Source: Burning the Page: The eBook Revolution and the Future of Reading

“They kept poking him in his bony ribs, wanting to know: Who do you reckon you are? What his name was and why he kept saying that his house had disappeared and all that. It is very hard to lose a house. Why would anyone want to do that?”

Book:The Swan Book

Source: The Swan Book

“The only way to fight the darkness around us is to light a fire within us.”

Light Darkness Light Within Darkness Within Fire Within Rip Van Winkle Defeat The Darkness

Book:Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern

Source: Rip Van Winkle and the Pumpkin Lantern