Boisbriand Bibliotheque Quotes & Sayings

Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us. — Paul Theroux

[Moralistic] novels are at the same disadvantage as teachers: children never believe them, because they make everything that happens relate to the lesson at hand. — Madame De Stael

The food which I get by begging is divine." After I had thought over what she said, I understood her meaning. When we get our food precariously as alms, we remember God the giver. But when we receive our food regularly at home, as a matter of course, we are apt to regard it as ours by right. — Rabindranath Tagore

'Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own shoes and just open your ears and listen to what's going on around you, you get answers to the questions you were asking. — Dave Gahan

To be a rebel is not to be a revolutionary. It is more often by a way of spinning one's wheels deeper in sand. — Kate Millett

The grateful heart is not developed in a single moment; it is the result of a thousand choices. — Pete Wilson

These people who build houses with 13 bathrooms and so on, there's something wrong with them. — David Cheriton