“Goals are the source of misery. An unattained goal causes pain, but actually achieving it brings only a brief satisfaction.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself. I don't really see the difference. We find ourselves through the process of escaping.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”
― Bluebeard's Egg
― Bluebeard's Egg
“There is this idea that you either read to escape or you read to find yourself.”
― Reasons to Stay Alive
― Reasons to Stay Alive
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