Maria Strale > Maria's Quotes

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson

“Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read.”
― Raymond Carver

“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others.”
― Simone de Beauvoir

“To whom it may concern: It is springtime. It is late afternoon. -Mr. Vonnegut”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“Libraries really are wonderful. They're better than bookshops, even. I mean bookshops make a profit on selling you books, but libraries just sit there lending you books quietly out of the goodness of their hearts.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
― Napoleon Bonaparte

“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

“That which you believe becomes your world.”
― Richard Matheson, What Dreams May Come