Amalia

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder

“And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.”
― John Steinbeck, East of Eden