Lisa's favorite quotes

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

tags: literacy

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."
— Mark Twain

tags: bookroom, books, wisdom

1,406 people liked it

"My idea of good company. . . is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation."
— Jane Austen

85 people liked it

"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

tags: books, library, reading

1,498 people liked it

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books

840 people liked it

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: books, soul

11,499 people liked it

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, be-yourself, conformity, individuality, world

7,153 people liked it

"I decided to accept as true my own thinking."
— Georgia O'Keeffe

6 people liked it

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do."
— Georgia O'Keeffe

11 people liked it

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you."
— Rita Mae Brown

tags: humor, insanity

2,600 people liked it

"Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment."
— Rita Mae Brown (Alma Mater)

tags: bad-judgement, experience, good-judgement, judgment, mistakes

88 people liked it