#book

At some point in reading, we realize we have to read not just the books that we'd enjoy, but the books that move us, touch us, those that break us and hurt us, those which remind us that we will always be the ignorant of this life. We have to read the books that make us so little, make us a speck of dust or a grain of sand in a galaxy, until we feed our minds with all the knowledge we need, which is infinite in itself. ↗

— Nema Al-Araby

#feelings #reading #life

Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were. ↗

— Louise Penny

#louise-penny #still-life #life

Judge not lest ye be judged yourself. ↗

— Metallica

#life-lessons #metallica #momnesia #music #life

A smoke, a book, a cup of coffee. These are the little things that get us through this sometimes weary world and all the rainy days. ↗

— R.M. Engelhardt

#cigarettes #coffee #life #r-m-engelhardt #life

Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something. ↗

— Judith Butler

#loneliness-as-a-way-of-life #life

It is often much harder to get rid of books than to acquire them. They stick to us in that pact of need and oblivion we make with them, witnesses to a moment in our lives we will never see again. While they are still there, it is part of us. ↗

— Carlos María Domínguez

#life #moments #need #soul #witnesses

I was on a walking tour of Oxford colleges once with a group of bored and unimpressable tourists. They yawned at Balliol's quad, T.E. Lawrence's and Churchill's portraits, and the blackboard Einstein wrote his E=mc2 on. Then the tour guide said, 'And this is the Bridge of Sighs, where Lord Peter proposed (in Latin) to Harriet,' and everyone suddenly came to life and began snapping pictures. Such is the power of books. ↗

— Connie Willis

#life

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#book-quotes #books #life #reading #life

It's risky most of the time, but its better to listen to your heart. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#burkett #friends #girlfriend #heart #heartbreak

Don't think there are no second chances. Life always offers you a SECOND CHANCE... It's called TOMORROW ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life