The principle is this: that in everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain and tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure. The joy of battle comes after the first fear of death; the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the seabather comes after the icy shok of the sea bath (G.K. Chesterton, What’s Wrong with the World)
science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present
science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present (Judith B. Kerman)
I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you’re reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I’ve ever written, and I hope it’s the first book you’ve ever read. Don’t make a habit of it
I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you’re reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I’ve ever written, and I hope it’s the first book you’ve ever read. Don’t make a habit of it (Stephen Colbert, I Am America)
Creativity is the residue of time wasted
Creativity is the residue of time wasted. (Albert Einstein)
I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted – and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted
I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted – and then three more I hadn’t known I wanted. (Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)
It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations
It is essential to happiness that our way of living should spring from our own deep impulses and not from the accidental tastes and desires of those who happen to be our neighbors, or even our relations (Bertrand Russell)
I owe it all to words and art, the peace that came with a flicker of a pen silenced the suffering; eased the pain and life that was once filled with burden became sane again. It Became meaningful. Art does matter, it made me, when the world changed me
I owe it all to words and art, the peace that came with a flicker of a pen silenced the suffering; eased the pain and life that was once filled with burden became sane again. It Became meaningful. Art does matter, it made me, when the world changed me (Nikki Rowe)
She played me with a bad hand, and I fell for it every time
She played me with a bad hand, and I fell for it every time (Steven Ramirez, Tell Me When I’m Dead)
I’m afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened
I’m afraid that the gift of visiting the past is all that we have. We can revisit it, but only as it happened. (Karen Essex, Dracula in Love)
Set your mind free from any negative thoughts
Set your mind free from any negative thoughts (Lailah Gifty Akita)