Call me old fashioned, but I love smelling books. Nothing beats the smell of crinkling yellow pages, seeped with the scent of old tea. Especially when those old pages are filled to the brim with quotes from my dear friends. Google can be an amazing resource when it comes to finding inspirational quotes. All to often, I will google key words and save pictures of quotes that speak to me. Yet, I hold onto that 60 year old librarian inside of me. Every book I read finds its way into my journal. It could be a simple line, or a paragraph that reminded me of a memory or a diagram about the quote I love. Quotes bring me a sense of confidence and life. They have brought me comfort, dared me to challenge my ways of thinking, made me cry and made me laugh. Here are just a few of the ones I hold closest to my heart.
1."You never really understand a person until you climb into their skin and walk around." -Atticus Finch
2. "Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." -Dr. Seuss
3. "Words and ideas can change the world." -Dead Poets Society
4. "It's like that with art. You can't tell someone how to do it or its not her art. You can't tell someone how to believe." -Things I Can't Forget
5. Contre tout le monde, je me de fendrai. Je ne capitule pas." -Le Rhinoceros
6. "She is grounded for life. Grounded to her past, her doubt, her desk. It is hard to explore dark feelings in the light of day." -And We Stay
7. "She is a font de connaissance. A what? A fountain of knowledge." -And We Stay
8. "How can it be that you'll be reading this story that is so sad, it almost hurts to look at the words on the page. What happens to the characters tears your stomach out-and then the book is over. And the first thing you want to do is find another book like that." -The Usual Rules
9. "And whether you win or lose the important thing is who you are when it is over." -The Bridge From Me to You
10. "There is nothing but mystery in the world." -The Secret Life of Bees
11. "You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you know." -Winnie the Pooh
12. "Fiction is the truth inside the lie."-Stephan King
13. "Sometimes you make choices in life and sometimes choices make you." -If I Stay
14. "Some infinites are bigger than other infinites."- The Fault in Our Stars
15. "I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was." -Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children.
