The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity. ~~ A. Edward Newton

The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you’ve got to have a what-the-hell attitude. ~~ Julia Child

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself. ~~ Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, 1929

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought; the second a good word; the third a good deed. ~~ Friedrich Nietzsche