BRIDGET WHELAN writer

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Reading Allows ‘…People Long Dead to Talk Inside Our heads…’ Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS

For 99 percent of the tenure of humans on earth, nobody could read or write. The great invention had not yet been made. Except for first hand experience, almost everything … Continue reading →

April 21, 2024 · 2 Comments

Writing is Perhaps the Greatest of Human Inventions – astronomer Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS

What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance … Continue reading →

June 11, 2023 · 2 Comments

…Books are patient where we are slow to understand…Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS

Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the point of view of others, and … Continue reading →

June 21, 2020 · 2 Comments

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