James > James's Quotes

“Life's exciting seas cannot be sailed unless you're ready to leave the port behind.”
― Byron Sogie-Thomas, Razor Bumps and Stretch Marks

“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. As I walked, my mind was busy fitting what I saw with appropriate words; when I sat by the roadside, I would either read or a pencil and a penny version-book would be in my hand, to note the features of the scene or commemorate some halting stanzas. Thus I lived with words.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”
― Paul Sweeney