Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando Pessoa
You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. Ray Bradbury
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. T. S. Eliot
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. William Shakespeare
Man must develop his tendency towards the good. Immanuel Kant
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. Flannery O'Connor
What you seek is seeking you. Rumi
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. Khalil Gibran
Think before you speak. Read before you think. Fran Lebowitz
Sarcasm is the last refuge of the imaginatively bankrupt. Cassandra Clare
Who said nights were for sleep? Marilyn Monroe