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Real relaxation is about relaxing, even in the middle of activity. You are relaxed, even when you exert yourselves. You are relaxed, even as you are running. You are relaxed, even as you are drained out. Acharya Prashant

Some books are so familiar that reading them is like coming home. Louisa May Alcott

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. Paul Valéry

How do you know if it’s time to wash the dishes and clean your house? Look inside your pants. If you find a penis in there, it’s not time. Jo Brand

Life is like a library owned by an author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov

The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots. Rebecca West

I like words. Words are places, rooms, distant airs, thin and tropical. They make us feel and imagine we are more than our bodies. Rickie Lee Jones

Imagination is intelligence with an erection. Victor Hugo

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark

I’m still an atheist, thank God. Luis Buñuel

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating mostly consists of building enough book shelves. Anna Quindlen

Men love with their eyes; women love with their ears. Zsa Zsa Gabor

You may not know it, but at the far end of despair, there is a white clearing where one is almost happy. Joan Baez

Without music life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzshe