June 2011
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees,...”
– Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (via misswallflower)
May 2011
“What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule,...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings...”
– The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (via lifeofliterature)
“Because I loved myself, I was loved.”
– Erica Jong (via misswallflower)
“Write from the heart, what has meaning to you personally; have the patience and...”
– Charles de Lint (via writingadvice)
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one...”
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (via lifeofliterature)
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to...”
– John Pierpont (via littlemiss)
“He that loves a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a...”
– Barrow (via cinderellainrubbershoes)
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swaps...”
– Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (via misswallflower)
“I do my thing, and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your...”
– Fritz Perls (via misswallflower)
“Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever...”
– The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger (via misswallflower)
“Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to...”
– Herman Hesse (via dreamofwhatcanbe)
“Right now, where you are is all there is.”
– Gloria Steinem (via papercrushed)
“: I like how this can be applied to life experiences, too :
I think...”
– Jennifer Egan, author of 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, in interviews compiled by Gotham Writers’ Workshop (via sarahspy)
