Marina

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“On that night, too excited to sleep, infinite possibilities seemed to swirl above me. I stared up at the plaster ceiling as I had done as a child. It seemed to me that the vibrating patterns overhead were sliding into place.

The mandala of my life.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“Those pearl-white flowers swayed their heads by the feet of Lord Shakyamuni; and from their golden centres wafted unceasingly a wondrous fragrance surpassing all description. It must have been noon in Paradise.”
― Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Murder in the Age of Enlightenment: Essential Stories

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa