Stephen Alff (AlffBooks)

“So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys - to woo women - and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do. It also won’t do in your essays.”
― N.H. Kleinbaum, Dead Poets Society

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. So medicine, law, business, engineering... these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love... these are what we stay alive for.”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

“- Les hommes sont-ils capables de voler?
- La réponse du...savant est...non.
- Et celle du poète?
- Oui. Oui les hommes sont capables de voler.”
― Pierre Bottero, Ellana, l'Envol