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“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.”
― E. B. White

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”
― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy

“If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.”
― Lois McMaster Bujold, Labyrinth

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
― William Arthur Ward

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

“We are always the same age inside. ”
― Gertrude Stein

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables