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Up in the Old Hotel
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John W. Campbell Jr.
“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”
John W. Campbell Jr.

Abhijit Naskar
“Neglect of women is the major cause for the society’s downfall.”
Abhijit Naskar

“I Read by Stephen Sondheim from "Passion"

Fosca:

I do not read to think. I do not read to learn.
I do not read to search for truth
I know the truth, the truth is hardly what I need.
I read to dream.

I read to live. In other people's lives.
I read about the joys, the world
Dispenses to the fortunate,
And listen for the echoes.

I read to live,
To get away from life!

No, captain, I have no illusions.
I recognize the limits of my dreams.
I know how painful dreams can be
Unless you know they're merely dreams.

There is a flower which offers nectar at the top,
Delicious nectar at the top and bitter poison underneath.
The butterfly that stays too long and drinks too deep
Is doomed to die.

I read to fly, to skim -
I do not read to swim.
I do not dwell on dreams.
I know how soon a dream becomes an expectation
How can I have expectations?
Look at me.
No, captain, look at me -
Look at me!
I do not hope for what I cannot have!
I do not cling to things I cannot keep!
The more you cling to things, the more you love them,
The more the pain you suffer when they're taken from you...
Ah, but if you have no expectations,
You can never have a disappointment.”
Stephen Sondheim, Passion

Debbie Macomber
“Be an encourager. Scatter sunshine. Who knows whose life you might touch with something as simple as a kind word.”
Debbie Macomber

E.L. Doctorow
“[Writing is] like driving a car at night: you never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”
E.L. Doctorow

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