M

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."

[Kung Fu Monkey -- Ephemera, blog post, March 19, 2009]”
― John Rogers

“Many a book is like a key to unknown chambers within the castle of one’s own self.”
― Franz Kafka

“‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”
― Voltaire

“People run away to be alone,' he said. Some people had to be alone.”
― William Trevor, Love and Summer