J. Kent Messum > J.'s Quotes

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“Dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun.”
― Simon Raven, Doctors Wear Scarlet

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.”
― Jerry Seinfeld

“When liberals equate criticizing Islamic doctrine with anti-Muslim bigotry, it leaves a vacuum that is too frequently filled by genuine right-wing anti-Muslim bigots who are even more disagreeable. Who gets stuck in the middle? Ex-Muslims.”
― Ali A. Rizvi, The Atheist Muslim: A Journey from Religion to Reason

“The only thing worse than not having your dream come true is having it come true for a little while.”
― Jonathan Tropper, One Last Thing Before I Go