Some of my favorite quotes. Usually from books, movies or tv shows. Occasionally from figures throughout history who have summed up some nugget of wisdom in a profound, memorable or entertaining way.
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence is doubly significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson (essayist, poet 1803-1882)
“Only a soul full of despair can ever attain serenity and, to be in despair, you must have loved a good deal and still love the world.” — Blaise Cendrars (poet/novelist 1887-1961)
“There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.”
— Kurt Vonnegut (novelist 1922-2007)
