Bookshelf Decor Quotes & Sayings

I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China. — Noam Chomsky

Hate ricochets, but kindness does too. — Robin Roe

The general rule in nature is that live things are soft within and rigid without. — Annie Dillard

As it turned out, my fears were unwarranted. Which isn't to say you haven't changed. But the biggest change of all has been a measure of peace. The peace is not total, but in the face of a suffocating anxiety, a measure of peace is no small thing. — Maggie Nelson

Moderation in the defense of liberty is no virtue. — Ann Coulter

Life is complex. You don't have any person who is nice from the beginning until the end. You don't always have the notion of redemption. The bad people don't always pay. — Marjane Satrapi

One of us should stop her," Ranger said to Morelli, his eyes fixed on me.
"Not going to be me," Morelli said. "Have you ever tried to stop her from doing something she wanted to do?"
"Haven't had much success at it," Ranger said.
Morelli rocked on his heels. "One thing I've learned about Stephanie over the years, she's not good at taking orders."
"Has authority issues," Ranger said.
"And if you piss her off, she'll get even. She ran me over with her father's Buick once and broke my leg."
That got a small smile out of Ranger.
"Nice to see you boys bonding," I said. — Janet Evanovich

Don't make friends with shadows, because shadows cannot smile! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Books and bookcases cropping up in stuff that I've written means that they have to be reproduced on stage or on film. This isn't as straightforward as it might seem. A designer will either present you with shelves lined with gilt-tooled library sets, the sort of clubland books one can rent by the yard as decor, or he or she will send out for some junk books from the nearest second-hand bookshop and think that those will do. Another short cut is to order in a cargo of remaindered books so that you end up with a shelf so garish and lacking of character it bears about as much of a relationship to literature as a caravan site does to architecture. A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped to the foot. — Alan Bennett

To what faults do you feel most indulgent? To the ones that arise from urgent material needs. — Christopher Hitchens

Thank the Lord for using each person as a tool in your life to deepen your insight into His grace and conforming you to the image of His Son. — Charles Stanley