Saturday, March 03, 2012

Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.

- Isabelle Eberhardt

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

- Chuck Palahniuk

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

- Jules Renard

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

- George Sand

My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.

- André Breton

I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

- David Foster Wallace