#din

Why does everyone think a girl who prefers books to people must be in want of a life? --J ↗

— Lauren Morrill

#life

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#misunderstanding #life

I was often very, incredibly naughty, and if I didn't come home at tea time I used to be sent to bed without any dinner. But people used to bring me things: I was better fed in bed. ↗

— Diane Cilento

#bed #better #bring #come #dinner

And when I read, and really I do not read so much, only a few authors, - a few men that I discovered by accident - I do this because they look at things in a broader, milder and more affectionate way than I do, and because they know life better, so that I can learn from them. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

#life

When you sell a man a book you don't sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#life

The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time. ↗

— Lauren Barnholdt

#kelsey #reading #the-thing-about-the-truth #life

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#life

Finding the right work is like discovering your own soul in the world. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#finding #like #own #right #soul

There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them. ↗

— Betty Grable

#business #i #reasons #show #show business

The books and magazines streamed in. He could buy them all, they piled up around him and even while he read, the number of those still to be read disturbed him. … they stood in rows, weighing down his life like a possession which he did not succeed in subordinating to his personality. ↗

— Thomas Mann

#possessions #readers #reading #things #life