“ The average buyer in bookshop spends 8 seconds on the front cover and 15 seconds on the back cover before deciding whether to purchase the book or not. On average, he does not get past page 18. See? T… Ashwin Sanghi
“ The generation that had information, but no context. Butter, but no bread. Craving, but no longing. Meg Wolitzer
“ The most dangerous thing about an academic education is that it enables my tendency to over-intellectualize stuff, to get lost in abstract thinking instead of simply paying attention to what’s going o… David Foster Wallace
“ The resource of generational history is accorded little attention our society, which seems ever more obsessed with making “new” and “better” synonymous. From my family I became aware of the importance… Ralph Nader
“ I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them. Tawni O'Dell
“ I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away. John Buchan
“ An exceedingly confident student would in theory make a terrible student. Why would he take school seriously when he feels that he can outwit his teachers? Criss Jami
“ Storytelling--that's not the future. The future, I'm afraid, is flashes and impulses. It's mode up of moments and fragments, and stories won't survive. Dexter Palmer
