“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.”
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“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be”
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“How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what is yours?”
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“Every man with a little leisure and enough money for railway tickets, every man, indeed, who knows how to read, has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting.”
― Jesting Pilate
― Jesting Pilate
Janayah’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Janayah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Art, Biography, Classics, Cookbooks, Fantasy, History, Non-fiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Science, Self help, Spirituality, and Travel
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