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“Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all.”
― Vincent Van Gogh

“A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.”
― Maurice Sendak

“The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.”
― Jean Shepherd

“Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.”
― Marvin Bell

“Quell'uomo regalava libri ad una donna. Non gioielli, né vestiti. Libri.”
― Ella M. Endif, Manuale della perfetta adultera

“Offrire in dono un libro equivaleva ad impacchettare, oltre al volume, anche le ore, i pensieri, le riflessioni spese nei riguardi della persona che lo riceveva.”
― Ella M. Endif, Manuale della perfetta adultera

“My brain might be cracked, but it's not just my brain. The sky is cracked too, and I can sometimes see what's on the other side.”
― Amy Harmon, The Law of Moses

“One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.”
― Stephen Hawking

“Books are the carriers of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print.”
― Barbara W. Tuchman

“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.”
― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read with My Eyes Shut!

“There is a wilderness we walk alone
However well-companioned”
― Stephen Vincent Benét, Western Star

“Anyone in pursuit of art is responding to a desire to make visible that which is not, to offer the unknown self to others.”
― Hettie Jones

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”
― Frida Kahlo

“Tell the sun and stars hello for me.”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades