You can't have living without dying.
Life's got to be lived, no matter how long or short.
You read too much and understand too little.
To believe a thing is not to make it true.
Better ten days of love than years of regretting.
Should and would build no bridges.
Women always seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
There is one rule above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
Knowing serves no real purpose, but then, neither does not knowing. Myself, I always prefer knowing to not.
Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
Good writin' ain't necessarily good readin'
Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing.
Any woman can face the world alone, but why should we have to.
"Did you know that writing stories down kills them?''
"Of course it does, words aren't meant to be stiff, unchanging things.”
Real love lasts years. It causes pain, and endures through it.
It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.
Senere, da jeg hadde flyttet hjemmefra og funnet fram til bibliotekene, oppdaget jeg at det ikke var nødvendig å å spise bøkene for beholde dem. Det var tilstrekkelig å lese dem. Jeg tror at en bok er den eneste gjenstanden i verden, oppfunnet av mennesket, som man ikke kan eie. En bok tilhører den som elsker den.
Hadde det ikke vært for skrivingen, tror jeg at jeg hadde mistet forstanden. Forfatteren Joan Didion har en gang uttalt at hun utelukkende skriver for å finne ut hva hun tenker, hva hun ser og hva det betyr, hva hun ønsker og hva hun frykter. Sånn har det også vært i mitt liv, [...].
Min største lese- og lytteopplevelse på flere år!
Min målsetnining er:
Lese en bok fra 1600, en fra 1700 og en fra 1800 tallet.
Lese minst 6 norske bøker.
Lese bøker av minst 2 nobelprisvinnere.
Lese minst en bok fra hver verdensdel.