Emily Janeen > Emily's Quotes

“A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“The most violent element in society is ignorance. ”
― Emma Goldman

“Everyone knows that books are better than life! That's why they're books!”
― Shainee Gabel

“A road is a process, not a location.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Tent

“When you are in school, your talents are without number, and your promise is boundless...But at a certain point, you begin to feel your talents dropping away, like feathers from a molting bird.”
― Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, Ms. Hempel Chronicles

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”
― Dorothy Parker, You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson