#ding

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised. ↗

— Wisława Szymborska

#fashion

I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets. ↗

— Roman Payne

#europe #fortune #fortunes #gypsies #gypsy

People don't expect too much from literature. They just want to know they're not alone with being confused. ↗

— Jonathan Ames

#literature #reading #literature

You'll never be alone if you’ve got a book. ↗

— Al Pacino

#literature #reading #literature

I think it happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you've known forever don't see things the way you do. And so you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#moving-on #understanding #memory

I have good reason to be content, for thank God I can read and perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths. ↗

— John Keats

#shakespeare #shakespeare

I would rather read a mediocre book than waste time sitting around with people making small talk. ↗

— James D. Sass

#noremorse #read #reading #satan

You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the world goes together, or without sorrow for its spoiling. I became a hero to serve you, and all that is like you. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#heroes #sorrow

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be. ↗

— Patrick Rothfuss

#pretending #pretense #danger

You know, I can't stop thinking about you. Oh really? Why you so obsessed about me? Because..you're so full of shit yet still alive. ↗

— Toba Beta

#overconfidence #obsession