“The style was strange. The writing was clear and sometimes even transparent, but the way the stories followed one after another didn’t… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“This is the age," she explained to me once as we walked home from school, "when we're the purest forms of ourselves… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
“Progress is hardly ever dramatic; in fact, it is usually very slow. As every parent and teacher knows, education is never a… — Johann Christoph Arnold Copy Share Image
“With the passage of days in this godly isolation [desert], my heart grew calm. It seemed to fill with answers. I did… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
How do I start writing a book? I sit there, I come up with an opening line, and then I go little… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
From what I've heard, Paris did a little bit more prep work as far as making bike lanes and all of that… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
I call [ordinary people] real people, because they have in themselves an incredible treasure - stories, a way of speaking, a way… — Agnes Varda Copy Share Image
“The mandarins of culture—what do they do to teach the common folk to read? It's no good writing down lists of books… — Christopher Moley Copy Share Image
For the rest of your life to be as meaningful as possible, engage in spiritual practice if you can. It is nothing… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Civilisations have been destroyed many times, and this civilisation is no different. It can be destroyed. We can think of time in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I got out of school, I spent two years just hitchhiking around. Every time I met some old farmer who could… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“It is a hard thing to break through a habit and a yet harder thing to go contrary to our own will.… — Thomas à Kempis Copy Share Image
We have only to believe. And the more threatening and irreducible reality appears, the more firmly and desperately we must believe. Then,… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
“Duroy, who felt light hearted that evening, said with a smile: "You are gloomy to-day, dear master." The poet replied: "I am… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“In a hushed voice, Beth said, “I’m nothing but a pile of sand.” I stole another glance at her and tightened my… — Pamela Sparkman Copy Share Image
“It’s true enough, of course, no longer to live on earth is strange, to abandon customs barely mastered yet, not to interpret… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The Louvre is the book in which we learn to read. We must not, however, be satisfied with retaining the beautiful formulas… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
Beauty is present in all creation, but the danger lies in the fact that we allow ourselves to be influenced by what… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Make one good decision at a time. Stick to what you know is right, and continue to operate as the teammate that… — Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld Copy Share Image
“Sweet Sunday afternoons, beneath the chestnut-tree in our Combray garden, from which I was careful to eliminate every commonplace incident of my… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Some rules are good. For example, off the top of my head, let's say a stand-up comedian or a talk show host… — Fred Armisen Copy Share Image
My mom and my sisters have helped me to be comfortable with who I am. It's a process of loving yourself as… — Philomena Kwao Copy Share Image
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can… — James Levine Copy Share Image
“At first Tatiana could not get through her day without physically holding herself together. There was no comfort inside her, and she… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“And if you wish to receive of the ancient city an impression with which the modern one can no longer furnish you,… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image