#per

I have my own e-reader, but I hardly ever use it. I need to fold down pages and flag passages with sticky notes. I need to experience books, not just read them. I never go anywhere without a book in my bag, and to travel across the ocean, I'd packed more than my fair share. ↗

— Lauren Morrill

#reading #experience

Advice,' Doña Vorchenza chuckled. 'Advice. The years play a sort of alchemical trick, transmuting one's mutterings to a state of respectability. Give advice at forty and you're a nag. Give it at seventy and you're a sage. ↗

— Scott Lynch

#wisdom #experience

Don't wait for other people to be loving, giving, compassionate, grateful, forgiving, generous, or friendly... lead the way! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#forgiving #friendly #generous #giving #happiness

Leeda knew friends never turned out to be what you expected. They came and went in waves, pulling away and coming back, leaving you feeling safe one minute and lost the next. ↗

— Jodi Lynn Anderson

#life-experience #experience

Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday. ↗

— James Patterson

#opening-lines #warning #experience

Unlike most of the other crayons, Black has hardly been used. People probably avoid Black because it isn't considered a happy color [...] I, however, like Black. It is a color that makes me comfortable and the color with which I have the most experience [...] I like Black, goddamnit, and I am going to give it its due. ↗

— James Frey

#james-frey #experience

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill. ↗

— Sheri L. Dew

#experience #experience

Perhaps there isn’t anything Alec is afraid of.” Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. “Boo,” he said. Jace was grinning. “Come on, surely you’ve got a phobia or two. What scares you?” Alec thought for a moment. “Spiders,” he said. Clary turned to Luke. “Have you got a spider anywhere?” Luke looked exasperated. “Why would I have a spider? Do I look like someone who would collect them?” “No offense,” Jace said, “But you kind of do.” “You know”---Alec’s tone was sour---”Maybe this was a stupid experiment.” “What about the dark?” Clary suggested. “We could lock you in the basement.” “I’m a demon hunter,” Alec said, with exaggerated patience. “Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fear #fearless #humor #jace-lightwood #experience

Life is about experience... You can't hold on to everything ↗

— Sarah Addison Allen

#life-experience #experience

Knowledge is marvelous, but wisdom is even better. ↗

— Kay Redfield Jamison

#knowledge #wisdom #experience