Theodora Goss on People and Adventures

‎”I think there are people who don’t have adventures, and people who have adventures, and (rarest of all) people who are adventures.”

~ Theodora Goss

Source: Theodora Goss on Facebook

Jack Kerouac on People

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”

~ Jack Kerouac, born Jean-Louis Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), On the Road

Source: American Society of Authors and Writers, It Happened in History: Jack Kerouac

 

C. S. Lewis on the Insatiable Desire

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”

~ C. S. Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963)

Source: GoodReads

Eleanor Roosevelt on Self Esteem

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

~ Eleanor Roosevelt, This is My Story

Source: GoodReads

L. M. Montgomery on the Ease of Being Wicked

“It’s so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn’t it?”

~ L. M. Montgomery (aka, Lucy Maud Montgomery)

Source: Brainy Quote: L. M. Montgomery Quotes

William Shakespeare on Fools and Wise Men

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

~ William Shakespeare, As You Like It

Source: Goodreads Quotes

J.K. Rowling on Integrity

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”

~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Source: Goodreads Quotes

Cassandra Clare on Being Influenced by Reading

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

~ Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

Source: GoodReads

Oscar Wilde on Finding Meanings in Books

“Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

~ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Source: GoodReads

Brendan Behan on the Writing Life

“I am a drinker with writing problems.”

~ Brendan Behan

Source: WordPress