Josette Budde

“All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.”
― Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow

“The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.
For nothing now can ever come to any good.”
― W.H. Auden, Selected Poems

“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
― Voltaire

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience