Anna Patrick's Blog, page 80
April 7, 2017
April 6, 2017
"Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own..."
“Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of books is the greatest… Without the word, without the writing of books, there is no history, there is no concept of humanity. And if anyone wants to try to enclose in a small space, in a single house or a single room, the history of the human spirit and to make it his own, he can only do this in the form of a collection of books.”
- Herman Hesse, The Magic of the Book (My Belief: Essays on Life and Art)
- Herman Hesse, The Magic of the Book (My Belief: Essays on Life and Art)
"I am obscure and odd, very deeply odd."
“I am obscure and odd, very deeply odd.”
- Virginia Woolf
- Virginia Woolf
April 5, 2017
"The weather varies between heavy fog and pale sunshine; My thoughts follow the exact same process."
“The weather varies between heavy fog and pale sunshine; My thoughts follow the exact same process.”
- Virginia Woolf, Diary entry dated 21 April 1918
- Virginia Woolf, Diary entry dated 21 April 1918
April 4, 2017
5 more months until Paul and I are in Paris for our dream trip...
… Counting down the hours. Anyone have a time machine?
"So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for..."
“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
- Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
