#ok

Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#castle #self #books

My library is an archive of longings. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#library #longing #books

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#books

When I'm really into a novel, I'm seeing the world differently during that time - not just for the hour or so in the day when I get to read. I'm actually walking around in a haze, spellbound by the book and looking at everything through a different prism. ↗

— Colin Firth

#reading #novel

Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you’re crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you’re lucky. Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy. Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand ↗

— Robert Allen

#business-ebooks-and-audiobooks #digital-ebooks #inspirational-ebooks #motivational-ebooks #business

We all use the future to escape the present. ↗

— John Green

#present

…everything has a past. Everything – a person, an object, a word, everything. If you don’t know the past, you can’t understand the present and plan properly for the future. ↗

— Chaim Potok

#davita #harp #past #planning #potok

My books are water; those of the great geniuses is wine. Everybody drinks water. ↗

— Mark Twain

#writing #water

I was with book, as a woman is with child. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#child

When I discovered libraries, it was like having Christmas every day. ↗

— Jean Fritz

#christmas