"It happens to be one of those days when I see everybody in the family, including myself, through the wrong end of a telescope." ~ J. D. Salinger
Why didn't I see these during Covid?
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón
"Live now, believe me, wait not till tomorrow; Gather the roses of life today." ~ Pierre de Ronsard
"Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another." ~ Thomas Merton
“... an utterly fearless man is a far more dangerous comrade than a coward.”
― Herman Melville
"Come along inside... We'll see if tea and buns can make the world a better place." ~ Kenneth Grahame
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.”
― Oscar Wilde
“When a book is read an irrevocable thing happens — a murder, followed by an imposture. The story in the mind murders the story on the page, and takes its place.”
― Mike Carey
O heart, we are old;
The living beauty is for younger men:
We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears.
-Happy birthday, William Butler Yeats (statue in Sligo Ireland)
