"A book is a heart that only beats…" — Rebecca Solnit

"A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another."

— Rebecca Solnit

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127 Quotes by Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit has 127 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The fight for free space-for wilderness and for public space-must be accompanied by a fight for free time to spend…
The things we want are transformative, and we don’t know or only think we know what is on the other…
How will you go about finding that thing the nature of which is totally unknown to you?
I STILL THINK THE REVOLUTION IS TO MAKE THE WORLD SAFE FOR POETRY, MEANDERING, FOR THE FRAIL AND VULNERABLE, THE…
Perhaps it’s that you can’t go back in time, but you can return to the scenes of a love, of…
Solitude in the city is about the lack of other people or rather their distance beyond a door or wall,…
For many years, I have been moved by the blue at the far edge of what can be seen, that…
The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score.…
I was fifteen, and when I picture myself then, I see flames shooting up, see myself falling off the edge…
Thinking is generally thought of as doing nothing in a production-oriented society, and doing nothing is hard to do. It's…
Kindness and gentleness never had a gender, and neither did empathy.
When you say 'mother' or 'father' you describe three different phenomena. There is the giant who made you and loomed…

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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. — Edward Abbey
I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had… — Tyra Banks
Every time I wake up, I see myself like somebody beat me up. — Javier Bardem
If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food. — Mario Batali
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. — Stella Adler
The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single… — Mary McLeod Bethune
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness. — Josh Billings
As an actress we don't beat one another. It's whoever's right for the part. — Juliette Binoche
I wasn't real quick, and I wasn't real strong. Some guys will just take off and it's like, whoa. So… — Larry Bird
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake
I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it. — Mary J. Blige

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