Author: Germ Magazine

“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.” ―Lisa See

“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson

“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.” ―Lewis Carroll

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.” ―Virginia Woolf

“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” ―Ray Bradbury

“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ―A. A. Milne

“I read for pleasure, and that is the moment I learn the most.” ―Margaret Atwood

“Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes …

“Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.” …