“The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man nothing else that he builds ever lasts monuments fall; nations perish; civilization grow old and die out; new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again and yet live on. Still young, still as fresh as the day they were written, still telling men's hearts, of the hearts of men centuries dead.”
Clarence Day
“Immigration really disrupted the social fabric back in Germany when the younger people left. We only know about this because someone saved these letters back in the 1800s and without them we have no clue as to what happened and what people had to deal with back then.”
Ray Grasshoff
“The vast, game-world map was designed with extreme care to details. This monumental work was created as if it were grand architecture.”
Yoichi Wada
“Hospitals are corrupt. Judges are corrupt. Everybody in the world is corrupt. But our newspapers are essentially a monument to idealism.”
Christian Williams
“We're not here to leave a mark, bro. Monuments, legacies, marks - that's where we always go wrong. We're here to revel in the world, to soak in the awesomeness of it, to enjoy the ride. The world's maximum perfect as it is, beauty from horizon to horizon. Any mark any of us tries to leave - hell, it's only graffitti. Any mark anyone leaves is no better than vandalism.”
Dean Koontz
“Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.”
Ernest Hemingway
“I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist.”
Paul Harvey
