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Books are isolated from one another, like gardenias or peaches, lest they bruise or become bruised, or, worse, consort, confuse.

— Richard Rodriguez Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)

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The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light.

As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.

My brother is now seventy. His hands are burled with arthritis. Some days he walks with difficulty.

Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (2013)

Q: Why do I stay in the Catholic Church?

Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (2013)

The sight of them together does not lead you to wonder about a history in which you are not the narrator?

Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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