I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and … - Rick Moody

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

The question the doubter does not ask is whether faith was really useless or simply not used. What would you think of a boy who gave up learning to ride a bicycle, complaining that he hurt himself because his bicycle stopped moving so he had no choice but to fall off? If he wanted to sit comfortably while remaining stationary, he should not have chosen a bicycle but a chair. Similarly faith must be put to use, or it will become useless.

Rick Moody

I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket.

Believe, Book, Reading, Stacks, Thing, Choosing

Same Author Quotes

Cool is spent. Cool is empty. Cool is ex post facto. When advertisers and pundits hoard a word, you know it's time to retire from it. To move on. I want to suggest, therefore, that we begin to avoid cool now. Cool is a trick to get you to buy garments made by sweatshop laborers in Third World countries. Cool is the Triumph of the Will. Cool enables you to step over bodies. Cool enables you to look the other way. Cool makes you functional, eager for routine distraction, passive, doped, stupid.

Advertisers, Avoid, Country, Moving, Spent, Stupid

The past was so past it hurt.

Hurt, It Hurts, Past

I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.

Literature, Talk, Think, Thinking, Voicing

People tend to be scared of what they can't see.

People, Scared, See, Tend

I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.

Blasphemy, Order, Say, Should, Suppose, Treasure