Famous quotes containing the words world and/or books:
“The world is out of shape ... when there are hungry men.”
—Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)
“Unusual precocity in children, is usually the result of an unhealthy state of the brain; and, in such cases, medical men would now direct, that the wonderful child should be deprived of all books and study, and turned to play or work in the fresh air.”
—Catherine E. Beecher (1800–1878)