#ding

Reading every day keeps the brain dead sickness away. ↗

— Kristy Pellegrin

#reading #humor

What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#accordingly #changed #i #scope #somewhat

We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present. ↗

— Marianne Williamson

#extending #held #in the past #love #past

That was what her parents did not understand—and had never understood—about stories. Liza told herself storied as though she was weaving and knotting an endless rope. Then, no matter how dark or terrible the pit she found herself in, she could pull herself out, inch by inch and hand over hand, on the long rope of stories. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#reading #imagination

I guess a bit part of serious fiction’s purpose is to give the reader, who like all of us is sort of marooned in her own skull, to give her imaginative access to other selves. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#reading #imagination

I refilled the wineglass and took it with me for a nice long bubble bath, where I settled in with Ambrose's guide for low-voltage outdoor lighting. It wasn't thrilling bubble-bath reading material, but I was impressed by his imagination. You wouldn't know from the writing that he'd never actually seen a low-voltage lighting system in someone's yard, much less installed one himself. His descriptions were clear, colorful, and written with authority. The inscription wasn't bad either: To Natalie, You're a high-voltage system as far as I am concerned. ↗

— Lee Goldberg

#fake #fraudulence #inscription #instruction-manual #instructions

Many people believe they know true darkness, but until it has been experienced it cannot be imagined. Without even a flicker of light, the mind begins to play tricks. There is a constant feeling that there is a wall before you, that you must stop. The eyes open as wide as they can, hungry for light. The only thing that helps is to shut them tight. ↗

— Joseph Lallo

#fear #hiding #imagination

In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-love #inspirational-love-quotes #inspiring #lost #love

Hikayatin mo lahat ng kakilala mo na magkaroon ng kahit isa man lang paboritong libro sa buhay nila. Dahil wala nang mas kawawa pa sa mga taong literado pero hindi nagbabasa. ↗

— Bob Ong

#reading #inspirational

There is such a thing as crazy-mother bonding. . . . It happens when one realizes the other also has had a crazy mother, and it is both painful and pleasurable. There are more crazy mothers than you might think. ↗

— Minrose Gwin

#friendship #mental-illness #wishing-for-snow #friendship