Fedja Losic Quotes & Sayings

Everything in contemporary society discourages interiority. More and more of our exchanges take place via circuits, and in their very nature those interactions are such as to keep us hovering in the virtual now, a place away from ourselves. — Sven Birkerts

One of the grubby truths about a loss is that you don't just mourn the dead person, you mourn the person you got to be when the lost one was alive. This loss might even be what affects you the most. — Meghan O'Rourke

Color can be measured in the depth of ones' skin, however character is measured by the content of ones' heart. — Mark W. Boyer

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close. — Mark Twain

Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice. — Hosea Ballou

What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. — Neil Postman

An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Godless behavior will never provide the peace and joy it promises to produce. — Jonah Books

Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul. — Cass Gilbert

Few people realize how much courage it takes in a community like ours to ignore the established taboos. — Dorothea Benton Frank

This is a profession in which how you look dictates whether or not you get work, so a model has to be healthy. — Gabriella Wilde

I came to love the rhythm of the sound effects and the whole experience of listening to a story. I made a lot of stuff with my hands and so I loved being free to not watch a screen. I still love it to this day. — Larry Fessenden