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“I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Faithful Quotes
#Association Quotes
#Admiration Quotes
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“Strangers talking over piles of books do not remain strangers for long.”
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Matthew Pearl
Source : Matthew Pearl (2015). “The Last Bookaneer: A Novel”, p.22, Penguin
#Book Quotes
#Talking Quotes
#Long Quotes
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“Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.”
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Matthew Pearl
Source : Matthew Pearl (2011). “The Dante Club: Historical Mystery”, p.31, Random House
#Funny Quotes
#People Quotes
#Eternity Quotes
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“With James Reese’s vivid and chilling novel, readers will gain a whole new appreciation of two gothic landmarks, Dracula and Jack the Ripper. Not only does The Dracula Dossier grip us with its fast paced hunt for history’s most notorious killer, it also enchants us with sophisticated and lyrical recreations of its unique period and strong characters. A daring achievement.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Appreciation Quotes
#Strong Quotes
#Character Quotes
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“Though a woman tempted man to eat, my dear Longfellow," said Holmes, "you never hear of Eve having to do with his drinking, for he took to that of his own notion.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Drinking Quotes
#Men Quotes
#Said Quotes
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“Books do pretend ...but squeezed in between is even more that is true—without what you may call the lies, the pages would be too light for the truth, you see?”
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Matthew Pearl
#Lying Quotes
#Book Quotes
#Light Quotes
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“He was outwardly calm but inwardly bleeding to death.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Bleeding Quotes
#Calm Quotes
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“Shakespeare brings us to know ourselves. Dante, with his dissection of all others, bids us to know one another.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Dissection Quotes
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“Remember that there are two things in this life that are never worth crying about: what can be cured and what cannot be cured.”
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Matthew Pearl
#Two Quotes
#Remember Quotes
#Cry Quotes
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“Imagine! It is the real power of a book--not what is on the page, but what happens when a reader takes the pages in, makes it part of himself. That is the definition of literature.”
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Matthew Pearl
Source : Matthew Pearl (2015). “The Last Bookaneer: A Novel”, p.12, Penguin
#Real Quotes
#Book Quotes
#Literature Quotes
