hobbies Quotes

“The best sport in the world.”

“Is it wrong, wanting to be at home with your record collection? It’s not like collecting records is like collecting stamps, or beermats, or antique thimbles. ”

“The truth was, I could no sooner quit cello cold turkey than I could stop breathing.”

“I lay on the bed and lost myself in the stories. I liked that. Books were safer than other people anyway.”

“The rusted embroidery hoops left an unsightly orange ring on the linen that may have damaged my prospects for good.”

“I added to archery, racing, leaping, wrestling, and climbing trees, either by the trunks, or by a rope suspended from the branches, as sailors climb.”

“...interests are not discovered through introspection. Instead, interests are triggered by interactions with the outside world. The process of interest discovery can be messy, serendipitous, and inefficient. This is because you can’t really predict with certainty what will capture your attention and what won’t.”

“The family section ran a regular feature about kids on their birthdays, and my mother had called in some info. The last sentence read: ‘As a hobby, Leo Borlock collects porcupine neckties.‘”

“He wasn’t good for much, that boy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep; and after that–he liked best to make mischief.”

“He would lose himself in his favorite books and pamphlets, reading them avidly.”