"Books are everywhere; and always the same sense of adventure fills us. Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the world."

-- Virginia Woolf

#Book Quotes #Adventure Quotes #Hands Quotes

“It's a mental fake-out to myself. I make believe I'm making a new show so I forget the material I was working on and make up some fresh material.”
“Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.”

Source : Robert James Graves (1863). “Studies in Physiology and Medicine”, p.34
“But you have to understand that I consider myself a very modest artist, or whatever, and not of importance really at all - it is quite embarrassing to me to be asked my opinion about things. I am only a wee Scottish poet on the outside of everything.”
“Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.”
“Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.”
“I didn't lose my mind, it was mine to give away”

Source : Song: No Regrets, Album: I've Been Expecting You
“Improving your life doesnâ€™t have to be about changing everything â€“ itâ€™s about making changes that count.”
“To investigate the history of man's development, the most important finds are, of course, hominid fossils.”

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