Barbara Backus

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
― St. Augustine

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
― Shel Silverstein