Allison

“The world is a possibility if only you'll discover it.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Books were my hobby, even as a child,' he told me. 'I read about every book in Milkwaukee Public Library before I was 15...Some of the books I didn't understand- but I read them just the same. I believed, you see, that my life work would be teaching, so I wanted to learning everything I could about every possible subject.”
― Ruth Brandon, The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini

“I believe in the absolute and unlimited liberty of reading. I believe in wandering through the stacks and picking out the first thing that strikes me. I believe in choosing books based on the dust jacket. I believe in reading books because others dislike them or find them dangerous. I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult book and then making up my own mind. - Rick Moody”
― Jay Allison, This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women

“The Kansas state motto, "Ad astra per aspera" - To the stars through difficulties. ”
― Charles J. Shields, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee