Bre > Bre's Quotes

“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.”
― Gloria Steinem

“That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.”
― Mary Ann Shaffer, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“Just because my dreams are different than yours, it doesn't mean they're unimportant.”
― Greta Gerwig, Little Women: The Screenplay

“It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“I am strangely glad to get back again to you: and wherever you are is my home--my only home.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

“But it's the life of Paris, that's the thing. Ah, there's no city like Paris for gaiety, movement, excitement...”
― James Joyce, Dubliners

“Everything in Paris is gay," said Ignatius Gallaher. "They believe in enjoying life--and don't you think they're
right? If you want to enjoy yourself properly you must go to Paris. And, mind you, they've a great feeling for
the Irish there. When they heard I was from Ireland they were ready to eat me, man.”
― James Joyce, Dubliners

“We lose ourselves in what we read, only to return to ourselves, transformed and part of a more expansive world.”
― Judith Butler

“When in doubt, go to the library.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets