‘I think you’re going to find Marcus Aurelius particularly useful.’ ‘For what?’ I asked. Nightingale hesitated. ‘Quoting, mainly,’ he said.


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

“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.”
― A Christmas Carol
― A Christmas Carol

“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood.
Daniel H. Burnham”
― The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Daniel H. Burnham”
― The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
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