Books and People

You are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the books you read and the people you meet.
Charlie Tremendous Jones

Source: Puritan Observer > 2014 > August > Liebster Award || Google search > Michael Hyatt

Intolerably Stupid

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel must be intolerably stupid.

~ Jane Austen

Source: Books and Etc. > 2014 > August > Liebster Award

Free and Strong

I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way.

~ Walter Tevis

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Saturday, 9 August 2014

When I Am Dead

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read."

~Hilaire Belloc

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Sunday, 27 July 2014

Stationary Travels

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

~ Jhumpa Lahiri

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 11 July 2014

A Higher Standard

"As a servant of Christ you should hold yourself to a higher standard. Do your best at everything and anything because you represent Jesus and are the only light people may see. Just getting by is not an option. Excuses are not an option. Be educated, knowledgeable and intellectual. Learn how to communicate with people, learn manners, embrace hobbies and activities that expand your mind and keep you sharp. Be responsible. Learn how to budget and understand financial matters. If you have a family, study and read about relationships, talk to others who have success, read books on training your children and take the time and energy to do a good job. Read your Bible and pray and be looking out for the devil. Proactive, Christians. #noexcuse"

~ Sherrie Beaumont

Source: Facebook > Sherrie Beaumont > 25 June 2014

The World Itself

"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."

~ John

Source: The King James Bible > John 21:25

Shadowy Memory

"For some reason the neatly ordered and abandoned books make me feel sad. Tired. I wish Cassia were with me. She'e turn each page and read every word. I can picture her in the dim light of the cave with her bright eyes and her smile and I close my eyes. That shadowy memory might be as close as I come to seeing her again. We have the map, but the distance we still have to cross looks almost insurmountable."

~ Ally Condie, Crossed

Source: Goodreads > Crossed > Quotes from Crossed

The Magic of Translating Words...

"Almost seventy years later I remember clearly how the magic of translating words in books into images enriched my life, breaking the barriers of time and space..."

~ Mario Vargas Llosa

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Friday, 28 March 2014

Really Good Books of Your Own

"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."

~ Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Source: Goodreads QOTD for Thursday, 22 May 2014