“Places are people as well as rocks, trees and buildings. Places are moments in time.”
“There’s no value in digging shallow wells in a hundred places. Decide on one place and dig deep. Even if you encounter a rock, use dynamite and keep going down. If you leave that to dig another well, all the first effort is wasted and there is no proof you won’t hit rock again. (52)”
“Books have their idiosyncrasies as well as people, and will not show me their full beauties unless the place and time in which they are read suits them.”
“Rock, meet stubborn place.”
“A sincere hug or a well-placed kiss can communicate a book of words in a single moment.”
“Right time, right place, right people equals success.Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.”