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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

On Fairy Tales-4: Hans Christian Andersen

Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. Hans Christian Andersen

On Books-52: Everyone is a reader...

Everyone is a reader… some just have not found their favourite book, Yet.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

On Thinking-15: Plutarch

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled - Plutarch

On Writing-14: Ray Bradbury

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you - Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing

On Fairy Tales-3: Danielle Steel

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future - Danielle Steel

On Reading-26: Marcel Proust

There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book - Marcel Proust

On Books-51: Salman Rushdie

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it or offer your own version in return - Salman Rushdie

Monday, November 20, 2017

On Publishing-1: Bernard Shaw

I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals were unanimous: and it did not get into print until, fifty years later; publishers would publish anything that had my name on it - Bernard Shaw

On Books-50: The Two classes of Books

All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time - John Ruskin

On Libraries-1:

A library is a hospital for the mind – Unknown

Quotes on Reading-25: Fifty Reasons to Read Books


Fifty Reasons to Read Books

1. Books help to feel more confident.
2. Books help to travel around the world in the cheapest way.
3. Books develop your personality.
4. Books provide food for thought.
5. Books make you laugh and think.
6. Books draw you towards perfection.
7. Books stimulate creativity.
8. Books bring out writing talent.
9. Books help in communicating.
10. Books clear your vision.
11. Books satisfy your curiosity.
12. Books help you make more choices.
13. Books help you build literary talent.
14. Books do not require any special device to teach.
15. Books increase your attention span.
16. Books are fruitful pastime.
17. Books can be used anytime, anywhere.
18. Books provide entertainment, when others fail.
19. Books make you powerful.
20. Books help you know the 'Whys' and 'Hows' of everything.
21. Books help you to create and spread fun.
22. Books help you travel across time intelligently.
23. Books keep you updated with facts and figures.
24. Books spread love, affection and knowledge.
25. Books make the best of friends.
26. Books take you to intellectual environment.
27. Books help you feel the world around you.
28. Books entertain your mind.
29. Books broaden your horizon.
30. Books bring Nature to your doorstep.
31. Books bring about a 'personality change'.
32. Books increase comprehension.
33. Books do not require company.
34. Books are stress-busters.
35. Books develop a sense of belonging to people around you.
36. Books provide mental and physical relaxation.
37. Books act as a communication tool.
38. Books are intellectually satisfying activity.
39. Books provide spiritual experience.
40. Books provide emotional strength.
41. Books build your self-esteem.
42. Books help and encourage your imagination to soar.
43. Books make you smarter and wiser.
44. Books help you grow.
45. Books take you to a 'world of dreams'.
46. Books can change your life and vision.
47. Books help in achieving 'life goals'.
48. Books develop wonderful experience.
49. Books transform lives.
50. Books inspire, books motivate, books build nations.

Courtesy: Speaking Tree

Quotes on Fairy Tales-2: Albert Einstein

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales - Albert Einstein