If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.
What’s more delightful than an evening beside the fire with a nice bright lamp and a book, listening to the wind beating against the windows? I’m absolutely removed from the world at such times. The hours go by without my knowing it. Sitting there I’m wandering in countries I can see every detail of — I’m playing a role in the story I’m reading. I actually feel I’m the characters — I live and breathe with them.
— Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary (via enchants)
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
— Michel de Montaigne (via out-of-my-dreams) (via yoursummerheart) (via longlivethequeen) (via starsmended) (via windmillsnat)
When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.
— Michel de Montaigne (via out-of-my-dreams) (via yoursummerheart) (via longlivethequeen) (via starsmended) (via windmillsnat)
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