Rett MacPherson quotes

“Reading is a staple of life, like bread or water. Or chocolate.”
-- Rett MacPherson

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“Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.”
-- Rett MacPherson

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“Most people get excited over new cars; I get excited over death certificates. It's no wonder my husband worries about my state of mind.”
-- Rett MacPherson

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“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”

“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”

“Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.”

“A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.”

“The mind is like a river. The thoughts are like the various droplets of water. We are submerged in that water. Stay on the bank and watch your mind.”

“I've started to look at life differently. When you're thanking God for every little you - every meal, every time you wake up, every time you take a sip of water - you can't help but be more thankful for life itself, for the unlikely and miraculous fact that you exist at all.”

Source : A J Jacobs (2012). “The Year of Living Biblically”, p.165, Random House

“I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!”

“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”

“Your face makes my soul want to eat chocolate pudding!...”

“I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, one as hated as the other.”