Catherine > Catherine's Quotes

“He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― Victor Hugo, William Shakespeare

“Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.”
― Groucho Marx

“I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

“You don’t rewrite Shakespeare’s sonnets to make them more understandable, you grow in your understanding of the words.”
― Jane Christmas

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm!”
― Collette

“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm!”

― Collette”
― Collette

“I suspect it may be like the difference between a drinker and an alcoholic; the one merely reads books, the other needs books to make it through the day."

(Interview with The Booklovers blog, September 2010)”
― Gail Carriger