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Willingly Quotes (page 509)

Give yourself to reading.’... You need to read. Renounce as much as you will all light literature, but study as much as possible sound theological works, especially the Puritanic writers, and expositions of the Bible. Charles Spurgeon
Because we are saturated with life, because we are human, our strongest motive is life, humanity; and the stronger the motive back of the line the stronger, and therefore more beautiful, the line will be. Robert Henri
Lynda Barry quote: "You have to be willing to spend time making things for no..."
You have to be willing to spend time making things for no known reason. Lynda Barry
If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, gentlemen, God help your souls." Czechoslovakian foreign minister Jan Masaryk to Lord Halifax as reaction to announcement of allies' betrayal in 1938. Jan Masaryk
I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly intend to read all of them, more or less. My intentions are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too. Nick Hornby
Heinrich Heine quote: "Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human..."
Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings. Heinrich Heine
One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books. J. K. Rowling
Only when he has attained a final knowledge of all things will man have come to know himself. For things are only the boundaries of man. Friedrich Nietzsche
I think people believe in heaven because they don't like the idea of dying, because they want to carry on living and they don't like the idea that other people will move into their house and put their things into the rubbish. Mark Haddon
the inletour friend looks as he didwhen we first knew him, and until I wake I believe. I will die of grief, for I knowthat this boy grew into a manwho was a faithful friendwho died. Wendell Berry
Keats mourned that the rainbow, which as a boy had been for him a magic thing, had lost its glory because the physicists had found it resulted merely from the refraction of the sunlight by the raindrops. Yet knowledge of its causation could not spoil the rainbow for me. I am sure that it is not given to man to be omniscient. There will always be something left to know, something to excite the imagination of the poet and those attuned to the great world in which they live (p. 64) Robert Frost
Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings? stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again. Greg Bear
Cyril Connolly quote: "Literature is the art of writing something that will be read..."
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice. Cyril Connolly
I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two. Sue Grafton
I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I write because there are stories that people have forgotten to tell, because I am a woman trying to stand up in my life... I write out of hurt and how to make hurt okay; how to make myself strong and come home, and it may be the only real home I'll ever have. Natalie Goldberg

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