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William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer
"On Going on a Journey" <br class="br"> Table Talk: Essays On Men And Manners http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Essays/TableHazIV.htm (1821-1822)
“I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) <br class="br">Context: I told the Englishman that my alma mater was books, a good library. Every time I catch a plane, I have with me a book that I want to read—and that’s a lot of books these days. If I weren’t out here every day battling the white man, I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity—because you can hardly mention anything I’m not curious about.<br><br> Chapter 11, paragraph 59 http://www.uri.edu/library/inscriptions/almamater.html
African Spir (1837–1890) Russian philosopher
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 51.
“Nobody wants to spend eternity alone.”
Greg Egan (1961) Australian science fiction writer and former computer programmer
Closer http://eidolon.net/?story=Closer (also published in Eidolon, Winter 1992) <br class="br">Fiction, Axiomatic (1995)
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464) German philosopher, theologian, jurist, and astronomer
De Pace Fidei (The Peace of Faith) (1453)
André Breton (1896–1966) French writer
Le Manifeste du Surréalisme, Andre Breton (Manifesto of Surrealism; 1924)
“Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.”
Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels
Source: City of Fallen Angels