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  • #1
    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

  • #2
    Jane Austen
    “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #3
    Jane Austen
    “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
    Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

  • #4
    Michael R. Phillips
    “The best things are never arrived at in haste. God is in no hurry; His plans are never rushed.”
    Michael Phillips

  • #5
    “Just do the next thing God tells you.”
    Michael E. Phillips

  • #6
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • #7
    We read to know we're not alone.
    “We read to know we're not alone.”
    William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

  • #8
    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #9
    Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.
    “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
    Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

  • #10
    Billy Sunday
    “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
    Billy Sunday, "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

  • #11
    Martin Luther King Jr.
    “Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase.”
    Martin Luther King Jr.

  • #12
    Tasha Tudor
    “I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare.”
    Tasha Tudor

  • #13
    Tasha Tudor
    “Life isn't long enough to do all you could accomplish. And what a privilege even to be alive. In spite of all the pollutions and horrors, how beautiful this world is. Supposing you only saw the stars once every year. Think what you would think. The wonder of it!”
    Tasha Tudor

  • #14
    Tasha Tudor
    “Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…”
    Tasha Tudor

  • #15
    Bernard M. Baruch
    “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
    Bernard M. Baruch

  • #16
    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    William W. Purkey

  • #17
    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    Narcotics Anonymous

  • #18
    Mae West
    “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
    Mae West

  • #19
    Brian Selznick
    “I like to imagine that the world is one big machine. You know, machines never have any extra parts. They have the exact number and type of parts they need. So I figure if the entire world is a big machine, I have to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.”
    Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

  • #20
    Brian Selznick
    “Maybe that's why a broken machine always makes me a little sad, because it isn't able to do what it was meant to do...Maybe it's the same with people," Hugo continued. "If you lose your purpose...it's like your broken.”
    Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

  • #21
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #22
    Louisa May Alcott
    “She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

  • #23
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    “Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
    Amos Bronson Alcott, Tablets

  • #24
    Louisa May Alcott
    “The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”
    Louisa May Alcott

  • #25
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #26
    Louisa May Alcott
    “I want to do something splendid…
    Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead…
    I think I shall write books.”
    Louisa May Alcott

  • #27
    Louisa May Alcott
    “Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #28
    Louisa May Alcott
    “Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #29
    Louisa May Alcott
    “Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

  • #30
    Louisa May Alcott
    “Let us be elegant or die!”
    Louisa May Alcott, Little Women



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