Jessica

“You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.”
― Vandana Shiva

“People who are strangers to liquor are incapable of talking about literature.”
― Mo Yan

“After all, reading is arguably a far more creative and imaginative process than writing; when the reader creates emotion in their head, or the colors of the sky during the setting sun, or the smell of a warm summer's breeze on their face, they should reserve as much praise for themselves as they do for the writer - perhaps more.”
― Jasper Fforde, The Well of Lost Plots

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State