March 2012
255 posts
“Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.”
—Paul Brunton (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“We need solitude, because when we’re alone, we’re free from obligations, we don’t need to put on a show, and we can hear our own thoughts.”
— Tamim Ansary, West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
“You have every right to put a book down after a couple of pages, which is why it’s always wise to read a little before buying. Life is simply too short for the wrong books, or even the right books at the wrong time.”
—Tim Parks, Mindful Reading (via distantheartbeats)
February 2012
83 posts
“I would never be part of anything. I would never really belong anywhere, and I knew it, and all my life would be the same, trying to belong, and failing. Always something would go wrong. I am a stranger and I always will be, and after all I didn’t really care.”
—Jean Rhys, Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography (via lydianea)
