“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.” —Lady M.W. Montagu Not all the greatest pleasures are priced at a fortune. Reading is cheap, yet all worldly raptures unravel as the deed is acted.
“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.” —Maya Angelou The most possible and wisest of desires is one that significantly impacts the lives of others—the desire to reach bruised, broken, and...
“I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.” –Harold Kushner Life, like a book, is a spectacle of unfolding of mysteries; pieces start to fall together perfectly...
“Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live.” ― Gustave Flaubert Reading is not merely a random play for one’s delight—it is discovering parts of...
“Then how can it [a book] be boring? It’s not just twenty-six little letters all mushed together to make words that link together to tell a story. It’s the creation of another world where anything can happen and anyone can...