Brainless Reading makes a Brainless People

“Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”

~ George Macaulay Trevelyan

OurBest Friend is Our Most Childish

“Clifford the Big Red Dog” by Sandara

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
**Samuel Butler

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Is That What We’re Calling It These Days?

“Thief” by Shalizeh

“They were indeed great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost.”

**By Jacob Grimm

Laughing Stars ~ Sounds Beautiful

“Little Prince” by Fabera

“You – you alone will have the stars as no one else has them…In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night…You – only you – will have stars that can laugh.”

~ The Little Prince

There are NEVER enough Bookshelves

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

**Anna Quindlen

When Words Change Everything

“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book.”

**John Green

I’ve Been so Many People in My Mind

“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.”

**Anonymous

Giving Joy

“If nature has made you for a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart; and though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that–warm things, kind things, sweet things–help and comfort and laughter–and sometimes gay, kind laughter is the best help of all.” 

**A Little Princess

The Good AND The Bad :P

“There’s a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called ‘fan fiction’.” 

**Joss Whedon

Don’t Forget the Swinging Bench Under the Old Oak Tree

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
**Marcus Tullius Cicero