Allison

“When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“It's amazing how words can do that, just shred your insides apart. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me - such bullshit.”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
― Mahatma Gandhi