The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.
Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
We change bit by bit, day by day, habit by habit. We are continually undergoing microevolutions of the self. Each habit is like a suggestion: ‘Hey, maybe this is who I am.’ If you finish a book, then perhaps you are the type of person who likes reading. If you go to the gym, then perhaps you are the type of person who likes to exercise. If you practice playing the guitar, perhaps you are the type of person who likes music. Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
James Clear, Atomic Habits
Let's keep the ball rolling 📝
woke up at 3am to finish schoolwork. 📝
“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.” ~ Ursula K. Le Guin [ig//beautelicieuse]
Finals is approaching, but recitation days are constantly coming. Hold on, February, everything will come into place. Let’s keep our fire burning.
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.
Maya Angelou
"Strange isn’t it? To love a book. When the words on the page become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are.” ~ Erin Morgernstern, The Starless Sea
[ig: allora]
Love who you love while you have them. That’s all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you’ll never run out.
Ann Brashares, My Name Is Memory
Always looking forward to a brand new day! :)
Happy weekend reading!
In dealing with your career and its inevitable changes, you must think in the following way: You are not tied to a particular position; your loyalty is not to a career or a company. You are committed to your Life’s Task, to giving it full expression. It is up to you to find it and guide it correctly. It is not up to others to protect or help you. You are on your own.
Robert Greene, Mastery
someone introduced me to this quote, and i’m putting it in my notebook:)
just found my favorite bookmark and it’s back to its home ✨☕️
Just a little bit of magic thanks to @littlefreelibrary and #drseuss
Cheers to a year full of excitement, delight, and perseverance! Happiest New Year to everyone!
It’s that time of the year again!
Happy Holidays! 🎄
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!
Charles Dickens,A Christmas Carol
Softness is not weakness. It takes courage to stay delicate in a world this cruel.
Beau Taplin
If that's still not enough bookplate for you, check out "Ex Libris: The Art of Bookplates" by Martin Hopkinson. [source]
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
Maya Angelou