What did Jo Walton mean by: It’s amazing how large the things are that it’s possible to overlook. - Jo Walton Author Copy
+ I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jo Walton, Book, Care, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jo Walton, Evil, Magic, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jo Walton, Civilization, Wonder, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ It doesn’t matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books. Feraz Zeid, September 23, 2023December 29, 2023, Jo Walton, Book, New books, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ If you love books enough, books will love you back. Feraz Zeid, September 28, 2023December 26, 2023, Jo Walton, Book, Enough, Love You, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ What you can’t pay back you pay forward. Feraz Zeid, August 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Jo Walton, Debt, Pay, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ I do not miss my toys. I wouldn’t play with them anyway. I am fifteen. I miss my childhood. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jo Walton, Childhood, Missing, 0 - Jo Walton Author
+ You can’t do magic with books unless they’re very special copies. Feraz Zeid, January 11, 2024January 11, 2024, Jo Walton, Book, Magic, 0 - Jo Walton Author
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France