Landjonker

“A book is not supposed to be a mirror. It's supposed to be a door.”
― Fran Lebowitz

“The poorest man you can marry is not the one who lacks money, but the one who lacks character.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Why is it that when one is enjoying, say, a piece of music, or a beautiful summer evening, or a conversation with a sympathetic companion, the occasion seems rather a hint at an infinite felicity existent elsewhere than a real felicity actually being experienced?”
― Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

“For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance over many years. If this performance is devoid of all egoism, if its guiding motive is unparalleled generosity, if it is absolutely certain that there is no thought of recompense and that, in addition, it has left its visible mark upon the earth, then there can be no mistake.”
― Jean Giono, The Man Who Planted Trees