

“Whatever happens around you, don't take it personally... Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.”
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
― The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
― You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life

“Jane, be still; don't struggle so like a wild, frantic bird, that is rending its own plumage in its desperation."
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre
"I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.”
― Jane Eyre

“I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.”
― Ender’s Game
― Ender’s Game

“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― Politics and the English Language
― Politics and the English Language
Jilliane’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jilliane’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Polls voted on by Jilliane
Lists liked by Jilliane