Quote of the Day: Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…”Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1809–1892
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December 25, 2011
Quote of the Day: Charles Dickens
“Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ” ~Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, 1836
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December 24, 2011
Quote of the Day: Clement C. Moore
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.Clement C. Moore, 1779–1863
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December 3, 2011
Quote of the Day: Mary Wollstonecraft
“Strengthen the female mind by enlarging it, and there will be an end to blind obedience.”
Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759–1797
November 23, 2011
Quote of the Day: George R.R. Martin
“…a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.” (Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones) George R.R. Martin, born 1948
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November 19, 2011
Quote of the Day: Ralph Waldo Emerson
“O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803–1882
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October 22, 2011
Quote of the Day: John Locke
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“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.” John Locke, 1632–1704
October 6, 2011
Quote of the Day: Jane Austen
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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.” Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
October 5, 2011
Quote of the Day: E.M. Forster
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“I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves.” ~E.M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy, 1951
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September 30, 2011
Quote of the Day: C.S. Lewis
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“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me” C.S. Lewis, 1898–1963
