AbsurdlyMaria

“Love is an activity, not a passive affect; it is a "standing in," not a "falling for.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“You're not Dostoevsky,' said the citizeness, who was getting muddled by Koroviev. Well, who knows, who knows,' he replied.
'Dostoevsky's dead,' said the citizeness, but somehow not very confidently.
'I protest!' Behemoth exclaimed hotly. 'Dostoevsky is immortal!”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

“Most people see the problem of love primarily as that of being loved, rather than that of loving, of one's capacity to love.”
― Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving

“Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.”
― R.L. Stine