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#1

“I love being single. It's almost like being rich.”
― Sue Grafton

tags: feminism

#2

“If the real world were a book, it would never find a publisher. Overlong, detailed to the point of distraction-and ultimately, without a major resolution.”
― Jasper Fforde, Something Rotten

tags: life, world

2699 likes

#3

“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots

tags: reading

1866 likes

#4

“Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

2368 likes

#5

“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
― Herman Melville

5284 likes

#6

“A word after a word after a word is power.”
― Margaret Atwood

tags: reading, writing

3258 likes

#7

“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.”
― Coco Chanel

tags: accomplishment, aspirations, drive, flying, goals, wings

1093 likes

#8

“Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.”
― Arthur Rimbaud

1749 likes

#9

“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself”
― Simone de Beauvoir

tags: feminism

3033 likes

#10

“I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.”
― Helene Hanff, 84, Charing Cross Road

tags: book-lover, books

248 likes

#11

“Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace.”
― Helene Hanff, Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books

tags: books, bookstore, library

135 likes

#12

“Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?”
― Christopher Paolini

tags: books, reading

3780 likes

#13

“One eye sees, the other feels.”
― Paul Klee

tags: art

1570 likes

#14

“It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.”
― Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment

tags: advice, breakups, inspirational, inspirational-love, men-and-women, realization, relationships, sex

92 likes

#15

“The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.”
― Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment

tags: simple-truth

52 likes

#16

“I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.”
― Sue Grafton, V is for Vengeance

tags: kinsey-millhone, sue-grafton, vengeance

70 likes

#17

“Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone)”
― Sue Grafton, B is for Burglar

tags: growing-old, independent-women, men-and-women, other-people, single-women, solitude, the-solitary-life

47 likes

#18

“Smile. It gives your face something to do.”
― Sue Grafton, E is for Evidence

30 likes

#19

“You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.”
― Sue Grafton, A Is for Alibi

27 likes

#20

“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist

3940 likes

#21

“The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.”
― Gloria Naylor, Linden Hills

tags: love

1956 likes

#22

“A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King.”
― Emily Dickinson

1466 likes

#23

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

6110 likes

#24

“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

tags: acceptance, life, love, worth

3778 likes

#25

“Sometimes thou seem'st not as thyself alone, But as the meaning of all things that are.”
― Dante Gabriel Rossetti

888 likes

#26

“We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”
― Ira Glass

1822 likes

#27

“The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.”
― Neil LaBute, Reasons to Be Pretty

2707 likes

#28

“Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these.”
― Ovid

2443 likes

#29

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

2995 likes

#30

“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
― Sean O'Casey

tags: joy, laughter

2634 likes

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