''Be humble.

Only fools take pride in their station here, trapped in

a cage of dust, moisture, heat and air.

No need to complain of calamities,

this illusion of a life lasts but a moment.''

-- Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Kheir

"What a strange illusion is to suppose that beauty is goodness."

 -Leo Tolstoy

"So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect."

— Patrick Rothfuss (The Wise Man's Fear)

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it."

— Roald Dahl

“Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There’s a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing’s kind of like exhibitionism in private. And there’s also a strange loneliness, and a desire to have some kind of conversation with people, but not a real great ability to do it in person. “             

--- David Foster Wallace,

“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until a drop of blood forms on your forehead.

                                           “   --- Gene Fowler

“ Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.“

                                                                                        --- C. S. Lewis