from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, book quote from The Brothers Karamazov
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untitled poem by Nazim Hikmet
Snow closed the road
you weren’t there
kneeling and facing you
I gazed at your face
with my eyes closed.
Ships won’t sail, planes won’t fly
you weren’t there
across from you I was leaning on the wall
I spoke and spoke and spoke
without opening my mouth.
You weren’t there
I touched you with my hands
my hands were on your face.
translated by Talat S. Halman
“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.”
“If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“If you disrespect everybody that you run into, how in the world do you think everybody’s supposed to respect you?”
“a classic is a book that’s never finished saying what it has to say.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“a classic is a book that’s never finished saying what it has to say.”
— Italo Calvino, Italian, journalist, short story writer, writer
“The most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“The most indispensable ingredient of all good home cooking: love for those you are cooking for.”
“Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.”
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal… one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.”
“To Eliminate Crutch Words, Embrace the Pause”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“To Eliminate Crutch Words, Embrace the Pause”
Noah Zandan, journalist
Source article:
How to Stop Saying “Um,” “Ah,” and “You Know”
https://hbr.org/2018/08/how-to-stop-saying-um-ah-and-you-know
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.”
C.S. Lewis, writer
Leonard Durso 