#books

Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently. ↗

We don’t need a list of rights and wrongs, tables of dos and don’ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever. ↗

— Philip Pullman

#inspirational #inspirational

The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#inspirational #inspirational

The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflected all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected on the dark sea of time. ↗

— Greg Weisman

#inspirational #wise #inspirational

Lügen schmerzen, die Wahrheit jedoch bewegt uns. ↗

— Cody McFadyen

#inspirational #reading #inspirational

You're actually each other's wingman. You never leave your partner vulnerable." - Graham Warner, husband of fun-loving seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#cancer #cancer-survivors #hope #humourosly-inspirational #inspirational

As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship." - John Hanlon, the sailor ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#children-s-books #heroes #inspirational #non-fiction #non-fiction-books-inspirational

To own a certain book - and to choose it without help - is to define yourself. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#collecting #reading #life

Fact is much more fascinating than fiction. ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#non-fiction-books-inspirational #inspirational

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. ↗