#elves

Crazy by definition is Knowing that true sanity is A figment of the educated mind ↗

— Caleb Warta

#insightful #insights #life #writing #education

I like books that aren't just lovely but that have memories in themselves. Just like playing a song, picking up a book again that has memories can take you back to another place or another time. ↗

— Emma Watson

#another #another time #back #book #books

I love walking into a bookstore. It's like all my friends are sitting on shelves, waving their pages at me. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#bookshelves #bookstore #friend #love

How dare Arion sit there and tell her he cared for her more than she for him when she was in love with him! Was the man dense? Had he fallen from his horse too many times? ↗

— K.M. Shea

#love #love

If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#shelves #want

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand. ↗

— Plato

#poets #themselves #things #understand #utter

The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. ↗

— Carlos Castaneda

#either #emphasizes #happy #make #miserable

He sighed. "You want to live in your church, going about your life as if you're like everyone else." "So?" "You aren't. And because of that, someday you're probably going to find yourself in a position where your choices will have an impact far beyond what you see right now. And when that happens, I want you to remember what it's like to ride through the woods on horseback under a night sky with no moon and nothing stronger than you are. I want you to know so you will fight for it. So that my children will know of it. You have to keep the demons where they are, Rachel. No one else can do it. You won't fight for us unless you know. Let me show you what you're fighting for. ↗

— Kim Harrison

#rachel #trent #life

I can imagine in years to come that my papers and memorabilia, my journals and letters, will find themselves always in the company of people who care about many of the things I do. ↗

— Alice Walker

#always #care #come #company #find

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike. ↗

— David Ansen

#dislike #enriched #love #love is #make