Heather Snodgrass

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“He looked at her. She was pretty still, with thick hair and soft eyes, and she moved so gracefully that it almost seemed as though she were gliding. He'd seen beautiful women before, though, women who caught his eye, but to his mind, they usually lacked the traits he found most desirable. Traits like intelligence, confidence, strength of spirit, passion, traits that inspired others to greatness, traits he aspired to himself.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“I want to be able to be alone, to find it nourishing - not just a waiting.”
― Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942