" A room without books is like a body without a soul. "

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

" The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished. "

— Deng Ming-Dao

" People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don't think that's true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world. "

— Kim Culbertson

" There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. "

— Stephen Chbosky

" A father’s job isn’t to teach his daughter how to be a lady, it’s to teach her how a lady should be treated. "

— Unknown

" "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." "

— William Butler Yeats