“A book is a good substitute for a man. Fiction, preferably.”
Kamala Suraiyya Das (Wages of Love)
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Indian author 1934–2009Related quotes
“Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.”
An Apology for Idlers.
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1881)
On his writing preferences in “An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez” https://www.epl.org/an-interview-with-luis-j-rodriguez-2/ (Evanston Public Library; 2011)
“The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.”
“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
Source: The Wise Man's Fear
“There is only one genre in fiction, the genre is called book.”
Source: The Humans
“Good government is no substitute for self-government.”
Young India (2 September 1920) p. 1
1920s
Context: For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
“Bad principles are not a good substitute for no principles.”
Donald Trump is actually a fascist (December 9, 2016)
Context: If I’m correct that Trump actually has a governing philosophy, that’s a bad thing, not a good thing. If he actually has principles to guide him through those famous swamps he plans to drain, that’s alarming, not reassuring. Bad principles are not a good substitute for no principles. Four or eight years of bad principles may make no principles look pretty good.