"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we are reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us."
— Franz Kafka  (via loveofthelanguage)

Those who blamed aggression formed Amity.
Those who blamed ignorance became the Erudite.
Those who blamed duplicity created Candor.
Those who blamed selfishness made Abnegation.
And those who blamed cowardice were the Dauntless.

I am Divergent. And I can’t be controlled.

Well this is beautiful

  • Things I do not need: More books.
  • Things I will keep buying: More books.
  • Things I do desperately need: More money so I can buy more books.

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Just a small selection of my favourite quotes. This video was inspired by John Green’s quote, “Maybe our favourite quotations say more about us than the stories and people we are quoting,”

What are you favourite quotations and what do they say about you?