Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. – William Hazlitt Category: Books
When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than was there before. – Clifton Fadiman Category: Books
At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since. – Salvador Dali Category: Age
Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. – Phyllis McGinley Category: alone
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Sweetest Day