Carmen Agra Deedy quotes

Carmen Agra Deedy quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“I have been ineluctably drawn to libraries ever since I entered that sanctum sanctorum. It was a place of quietude. In a world where things go beep and ding and ring, where youâ€™ve got mail and youâ€™ve got messages, when I enter a library, I feel that I am still entering a temple.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

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“Because there is no nation so powerful it cannot be wounded, nor a people so small they cannot offer mighty comfort.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

#Powerful Quotes #People Quotes #Generosity Quotes
“I began telling stories as a volunteer in my daughters' school. But I grew up hearing stories from Cuban and Southern storytellers, and I learned a great deal by just being quiet and listening.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #School Quotes
“If one mouse is a spark...then ten thousand are a conflagration.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

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“There are constant cycles in history. There is loss, but it is always followed by regeneration. The tales of our elders who remember such cycles are very important to us now.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

#Loss Quotes #Important Quotes #Remember Quotes
“Whatever we perceive as good in the world has always endured, and it always will.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

#World Quotes #Perceive Quotes
“I find that it takes a lot of years of living, and many more of reckoning, to come up with one worthwhile paragraph. And when a deadline looms, prayer doesnt hurt, either.”
-- Carmen Agra Deedy

#Hurt Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Years Quotes

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