Mel Odom quotes

“I shudder to think of an eternity spend without books. I have hopes that every book that was ever lost is somewhere waiting for me when my life here finally ends.”
-- Mel Odom

Source : Mel Odom (2007). “The Quest for the Trilogy: A Rover Novel of Three Adventures”, p.589, Macmillan

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“The truth is everything in the end. It is the greatest power in the world to make all people equal. If everyone knows what the truth is, no one can use lies to separate those people and turn them against one another.”
-- Mel Odom

Source : Mel Odom (2007). “The Quest for the Trilogy: A Rover Novel of Three Adventures”, p.872, Macmillan

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“Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.”
-- Mel Odom

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“It takes real planning to organize this kind of chaos.”
-- Mel Odom

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“One of the frustrations of having a mind trained to think and consider possibilities was that it couldn't simply be stopped once engaged.”
-- Mel Odom

Source : Mel Odom (2005). “Lord of the Libraries”, p.301, Macmillan

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“People who know me now can't believe I used to be shy, but in some ways I still am.”
-- Mel Odom

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“One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the guidance of a spiritual master.”

“Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.”

“Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children.”

“In very clear and available language, this book details how to recognize the inner critic and how to deal effectively with it. Byron Brown's presentation is useful for any individual who wishes to be free from the inner suffering and coercion of this ancient foe of our humanity, but it is specifically directed to those interested and engaged in the inner journey toward realization and enlightenment.”

“It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?”

Source : A. J. Jacobs (2011). “A.J. Jacobs Omnibus: The Know-It-All, The Year of Living Biblically, My Life as an Experiment”, p.707, Simon and Schuster

“Americans think the only funny Brits are John Cleese, Benny Hill and whoever makes our toothpaste. They're not laughing with us, they are laughing at us.”

“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

“Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.”

“Waiting is a large part of living. Great, passive, negative chunks of our time are consumed by waiting, from birth to death. Waiting is a special kind of activity - if activity is the right word for it - because we are held in enforced suspension between people and places, removed from the normal rhythms of our days and lives.”

Source : Ada Louise Huxtable (1986). “ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?”, Random House

“When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her.”

Source : Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.25, Ballantine Books