2. “My grandfather always says that’s what books are for … to travel without moving an inch.” —Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake “我的祖父总是说这就是书的用处……足不出户就能旅行。”——裘帕·拉希莉,《同名人》 3. “If a book is well written I always find it too short.” —Jane...
—Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake “我的祖父总是说这就是书的用处……足不出户就能旅行。” ——裘帕·拉希莉,《同名人》 3. “If a book is well written I always find it too short.” —Jane Austen “如果一本书写得好,我总是会觉得写得太短。” ——简·奥斯汀 4. “My life is a reading ...
This is the secret of being content: To learn and accept that we live daily by God's unmerited favor given through Christ, and that we can respond to any and every situation by His divine enablement through the Holy Spirit. — Jerry Bridges 35 God's grace is amazing! We're saved by...
— Jhumpa Lahiri 27 The power of one man or one woman doing the right thing for the right reason, and at the right time, is the greatest influence in our society. — Jack Kemp 27 i discovered that my obsession for having each thing in the right place, each subject at the right t...
81. “You are still young, free. Do yourself a favor. Before it’s too late, without thinking too much about it first, pack a pillow and a blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. One day it will be too late.”— Jhumpa Lahiri ...
97. “In college, I used to underline sentences that struck me, that made me look up from the page. They were not necessarily the same sentences the professors pointed out, which would turn up for further explication on an exam.”— Jhumpa Lahiri ...
of literature, poets and writers have based their narratives on crossing borders, on wandering, on exile, on encounters beyond the familiar. The stranger is an archetype in epic poetry, in novels. The tension between alienation and assimilation has always been a basic theme.”—Jhumpa Lahiri ...
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake 108. “We don’t have time, Nephew, time has us. It holds us in its mouth like an owl holds a field mouse.”― Tommy Orange, There There 109. “I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.”― Charles Dickens, Great ...
–Jhumpa Lahiri “Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. Exercise the writing muscle every day.” –Jane Yolen “The X factor on every page is, does the writer love what they’re writing about? Anything you love that you’ve read in your li...
–Jhumpa Lahiri Further Reading:150 positive life quotes 4. Promotes social skills According to a study at the New School for Social Research in New York, reading promotes empathy. Literary works in particular, in which situations are presented realistically and people are presented in a multi-lay...