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“I had learned years ago never to give original documents to anyone if I could help it.”

— Tahir Shah

“I should recommend...keeping...a small memorandum-book in the breast-pocket, with its well-cut sheathed pencil, ready for notes on passing opportunities, but never being without this.”

— John Ruskin

“Be professional, be normal. Endeavor not to do anything that will result in them obliterating us.”

— Daniel O'Malley

“Record What You Learn. If you have recorded the things you have learned, it is easier to share them with others.”

— Dave Hoover

“This job has three requirements, each very strict. Do not agree to them lightly. Clerks in this store have followed these rules for nearly…

— Robin Sloan

“They document themselves in fear that they cannot exsist unless they are documented.”

— J.J. Ratter

“Why should I want to have a lot of copies of this and that lying around? Nothing but clutter in the office, a temptation…

— John Brooks

“I have officially decided that I will document every word I say. Not for the reason that I need to remember them, but for…

— Zoe B

“Do not try and argue the quality of literature to me,” Notak said, inflectionless. “You will lose.”

— S.G. Night

“This ensures that when I’m bogged down with day-to-day bureaucracy and details, I don’t lose sight of what I really want.”

— Sophia Amoruso

“if you have not done anything worthy of being recorded, at least write something worthy of being read.”

— Giacomo Casanova

“Inside a book, she captures all that's lost. She journals so her words won't fly away.”

— Stephanie Hemphill