“ The gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again. ”
“ His books were the closest thing he had to furniture and he lived in them the way other men live in easy chairs. ”
Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Vol 5, Book 9
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you cant show me movies and television shows about ghosts and zombie apocalypses while giving me books with adventures featuring heroes fighting for the sake of the world and tales of demigods and wizards and then expect me to be content living in a world where you work at a job five days a week and come home at night to do it all over again until you die
We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
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This and a smattering of other little book drawings by me are up today on Shelf Awareness! Read them all here.
“ Why did you do all this for me?’ he asked. ‘I don’t deserve it. I’ve never done anything for you.’ ‘You have been my friend,’ replied Charlotte. ‘That in itself is a tremendous thing. ”
E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
