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“True beauty is what lies inside of us, not what the world sees. A beautiful shell that houses a vile soul becomes sullied over time. But an outer shell, imperfect as it may be, that houses a beautiful, shines with that beauty, radiating it for all who have eyes to see.”
― Sara B. Larson, Defy

“We are who we are, be­cause of those we choose to love and be­cause of those who love us.”
― Kate Mosse, The Winter Ghosts

“I know, right. I keep thinking”
― Peter Swanson, The Kind Worth Killing

“There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.”
― Judith McNaught, Remember When

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“There is no truth. There is only perception.”
― Gustave Flaubert

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime. ”
― Daniel Pennac, Better than Life

“If you`re wondering how you`ll find time, it means you don`t really want to read. Because nobody`s ever got time. Children certainly haven`t, nor have teenagers or grown-ups. Life always gets in the way. <...>
Time to read is always time stolen. <...>
Stolen from what?
From the tyranny of living.”- p.125”
― Daniel Pennac

“The paradoxical virtue of reading lies in distancing ourselves from the world so that we may make sense of it.”
― Daniel Pennac, Comme un roman

“But reading is different, reading is something you do. With TV, and cinema for that matter, everything’s handed to you on a plate, nothing has to be worked at, they just spoon-feed you. The picture, the sound, the scenery, the atmospheric music in case you haven’t understood what the director’s on about… The creaking door that tells you to be stiff. You have to imagine it all when you’re reading.”
― Daniel Pennac

“Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
― George Orwell

“The best books... are those that tell you what you know already.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“There is no remedy for love but to love more.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“Perfume is the key to our memories”
― Kate Lord Brown, The Perfume Garden

“Either you 'are' in your mind, or you are where you are. Fully present.”
― Matthew Donnelly

“Love is patience. That is how Love normally behaves: it waits calmly, unhurriedly, knowing that at some point, it will show itself. Love is ready to do its work at the right moment, but it waits calmly and meekly. Love is patient. It can bear all things. It believes all things. It hopes for all things. Because Love understands.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Supreme Gift

“One of the characteristics of the dream is that nothing surprises us in it.”
― Jean Cocteau

“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana

“When it comes to books and friends, it is best to have only a few but all good ones.”
― Guillaume Musso, Will You Be There?

“It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. What scares you, is not your weaknesses, but your strengths.”
― Guillaume Musso, Que serais-je sans toi?

“Use whatever knowledge you have but see its limitations. Knowledge alone does not suffice; it has no heart. No amount of knowledge will nourish or sustain your spirit; it can never bring you ultimate happiness or peace. Life requires more than knowledge; it requires intense feeling and constant energy. Life demands right action if knowledge is to come alive.”
― Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

“I have tried to live my life by: I cannot control others. I can only control myself and my reactions to others. And when all else fails, I choose kindness. I show compassion. Then, if I have made poor choices, I have at least not damaged my spirit.”
― P.C. Cast, Redeemed

“Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.”
― Dan Millman (Author), Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

“The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.”
― Dan Millman, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives

“Some things are just perfect, even when they don't make any sense”
― Bella Andre, Come A Little Bit Closer

“... the real strength comes from learning how to trust again.”
― Bella Andre, The Look of Love