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

"Women are like teabags; you never know how strong they are until they're put in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square hole. The ones who see things differently. They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
— Apple Computer Inc.

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

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)

"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by frost."
— J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring)

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
— Theodore Roosevelt

"To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded."
— Bessie Anderson Stanley

"It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages."
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."
— Mark Twain

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells."
— Dr. Seuss

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."
— Anaïs Nin

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be some kind of library."
— Jorge Luis Borges

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we truly are, far more than our abilities."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."
— Terry Pratchett (Diggers)

"Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind."
— William Shakespeare (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

"It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it."
— Oscar Wilde

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everyone."
— Bill Cosby

"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all."
— Oscar Wilde

"Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc...and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons."
— Douglas Adams

"Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources"
— Albert Einstein

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia)

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
— Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey)

"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
— Oscar Wilde

"Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence."
— David Byrne

"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'."
— Groucho Marx

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
— Ernest Hemingway

"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
— Max Lucado

"A good friend will always stab you in the front."
— Oscar Wilde

"Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds."
— Douglas Adams

"A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading."
— William Styron

"I looked up to see him smiling a crooked smile so beautiful that I could only stare at him like an idiot.

- Bella Swan"
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)