My life is a reading list.
John Irving.
“Everyone has a right to be a little happy, asshole.”
“Its natural to want someone you love to do what you want, or what you think would be good for them, but you have to let everything happen to them. You can't interfere with people you love any more ...”
“A truly happy woman drives some men and almost every other woman absolutely crazy”
“If you care about something you have to protect it If youre lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”
“It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.”
“It is your responsibility to find fault with me, it is mine to hear you out. But don't expect me to change.”
“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”
“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”
“Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.”
“Oh, Sweetie. No one ever gets through their TBR list. For every book you finish, you'll add five more. That's just the way it works.”
“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”