"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

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"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices."

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Hilda Doolittle, American Poet

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Janice Dickinson, American Model

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Rebecca West, Irish Author

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"I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh."

Erich Maria Remarque, German Writer

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"To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds."

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"The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds."

Gilbert White, English Scientist

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"Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's like not to be able to hear them. It's not that bad."

Larry David, American Actor

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"You can be deprived of your money, your job and your home by someone else, but remember that no one can ever take away your honor."

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