Ashton

“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
― Mary Austin

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
― Franz Kafka

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato