10 Quotes a Day: Books, Brain, Bricklaying, Brothers, Brotherhoods, Bushido

Books

1. “We all read to learn the truth about ourselves, and we read to escape from the world we know into someone else’s universe.” (Adèle Geras, Teen)

2. “There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” (Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray)

3. “Books ought to have good endings.” (J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)

4. “I suppose a book is still a book, even if no one but the writer and his wife ever reads it.” (John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes)

Brain

5. “Brains are the only thing worth having in this world, no matter whether one is a crow or a man.” (L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz)

6. “So a weary brain thinks weary thoughts.” (James Stephens, Etched in Moonlight)

Bricklaying

7. “After all, when one is bricklaying one has to build something.” (John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes)

Brothers

8. “We live together, eat together, go hungry together; and when we do get something, we share it.” (Kamsingh Srinok, Blessing from the Sky)

Brotherhoods

9. “Brotherhoods don’t just disappear.” (Dan Brown, Angels and Demons)

Bushido

10. “It’s part of our heritage. We wouldn’t be Japanese without it.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)

Author V.M. Simandan

is a Beijing-based Romanian positive psychology counsellor and former competitive archer

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