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1 " If the body is the register of the real, then reading with one's feet is real in a way reading with one's eyes alone is not. "
― Rebecca Solnit , Wanderlust: A History of Walking
2 " History is indeed more than the register of crime,folilies and misfortune of mankind. "
3 " So I say a name, even if self-bestowed, is better than a number. In the register of the potter's field I shall soon have both. What wealth! "
― Ambrose Bierce , The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories
4 " I wish they'd conduct a national poll to find out who feels out of place and who doesn't. Just to get the numbers, you know? To get a feel for how many of us there are. Sometimes at work I get the feeling that it's got to be right up against 100%. I’ll head out to the register to help out during the lunch rush and the new cashier will look so confused and lost, and then I’ll look at the customers she’s supposed to be helping, and they’ll look lost, too, and then when I sneak a glance toward the tables there’ll be all these people staring at their food or at each other with blank looks in their eyes. And I’ll think: Is this just me? Is everybody else actually fine, and I’m just trying to imagine that they’re like me? But I don’t think so. I’ve thought about this a lot, and I’m pretty sure that some ridiculous percentage of the population is walking around feeling like aliens. I think teenagers feel that all the time... "
― John Darnielle
5 " Inside the front flap of the book were handwritten names of the dozen or so people who had checked the book out before Naomi. Instead of writing her name, Naomi had a thin paper receipt with the due date printed on it. She could never possess this book the way those other people had. It was one of those uselessly nostalgic and sentimental thoughts that serve only our own romantic ideals, but I couldn't help believing it was true nonetheless. I took a pencil out from behind the register and handed it to her. "
― Dinaw Mengestu , The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
6 " History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes follies and misfortunes of mankind. "
7 " History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. "
8 " The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul. "
