"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a desk like this in my parlor and white walls and a clean green blotter every Saturday night and a row of shining yellow pencils always sharpened for writing and a golden-brown bowl with a flower or some leaves or berries always in it and books . . . books . . . books. . . .
"
— Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)

"Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books."
— Mary Ann Shaffer (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"Your Presence is
a present to the world.
You're unique and one of a kind.
Your life can be what
you want it to be.
Take the days just one at a time.

Count your blessings,
not your troubles.
You'll make it through
Whatever comes along.
Within you are so many answers.
Understand, have courage, be strong.

Realize that it's never too late.
Do ordinary things in an
extraordinary way.

Have health and hope and happiness.
Take the time to wish upon the star.

And don't ever forget...
for even a day...
how very special you are.
"
— Collin McCarry

"So many books, so little time."
— Frank Zappa

"You'll never know everything about anything, especially something you love."
— Julia Child