Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier

Quote by Kathleen Norris

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In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent, unresolvable,...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

Each and every one of us has one obligation, during the bewildered days of our...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all...

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Changing husbands is only changing troubles.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you...

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

Hate is all a lie, there is no truth in hate

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

One may have been a fool, but there's no foolishness like being bitter.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds...

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds...

When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.

When our hatred is too bitter it places us below those whom we hate.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

What we learned here is love tastes bitter when its gone.

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body...

Rage and bitterness do not foster femininity. They harden the heart and make the body...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there...

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter, for always there...

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.