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Jesse Ball Quotes: I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.
         

I don't read books for pleasure, but in desperation.


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If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.

If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.



Not that believing such things has anything to do with whether they are true. You see that, don't you?

Not that believing such things has anything to do with whether they are true. You see that, don't you?



I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.

I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.



I believe in discovering the love that exists and then trying to understand it. Not to invent a love and try to make it exist, but to find what does exist, and then to see what it is.

I believe in discovering the love that exists and then trying to understand it. Not to invent a love and try to make it exist, but to find what does exist, and then to see what it is.



Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another.

Sunday was always the best of days for being the self you had intended to be, but were not, for one reason or another.



I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.

I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.



That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!



I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.



We tire differently if we love or love not.

We tire differently if we love or love not.



I'm confused, and brilliant books help me to be less so.

I'm confused, and brilliant books help me to be less so.





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I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.

I can't help believing that these things that come from the subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a scientific truth, but it's psychological truth.



"Play it as it lies" is one of the fundamental dictates of golf

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I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.

I'm just a one-instrument player. I have been known to play a blender, but I basically play - just play the violin.



I want to be made better personally. That is the gig.

I want to be made better personally. That is the gig.



History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.

History should not be written to make the present generation feel good but to remind us that human affairs are complicated.



He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.

He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers.



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