Quote of the Day

"If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane."
- John Green, Looking For Alaska

Quote of the Day

"I love these parties. I feel like I'm an ambassador, or a spy, or, like, a really high-class prostitute."
- Jess, New Girl 1.20

Quote of the Day

"Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer."
- Anita Krizzan

Quote of the Day

"Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning."
- Gloria Steinem (Happy birthday!)

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes in life we find a version of ourselves in someone a few years ahead of us. We know they're cut from our cloth when we see the path they've taken and the choices they've made that shape their lives."
- Stephanie Nielson, Heaven is Here

Quote of the Day

"This is so boring. It's like listening to a TED Talk by the color beige."
- Tom Haverford, Parks and Recreation 6.14

Quote of the Day

"In order to be really good as a librarian, everything counts towards your work: every play you go see, every concert you hear, every trip you take, everything you read, everything you know. I don’t know of another occupation like that. The more you know, the better you’re going to be."
- Dr. Allen Smith

Quote of the Day

"I’d like to go
somewhere else entirely,
and I don’t mean
Europe."
- Deborah Garrison (via)

Quote of the Day

"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it."
- John Irving

Quote of the Day

"I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life...if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good either. White hot and passionate is the only thing to be."
- Roald Dahl

Quote of the Day

"I do things like get in a taxi and say, 'The library, and step on it.'"
- David Foster Wallace

Quote of the Day

"It's not my responsibility to be beautiful, I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me."
- Warsan Shire

Quote of the Day

"He will come to us like rain."
- Hosea 6:3

Quote of the Day

"And something's happening
It's like coming up for air
Breathe it in again"
- Animal Kingdom, "Strange Attractor"

Quote of the Day

"She did not need much, wanted very little. A kind word, sincerity, fresh air, clean water, a garden, kisses, books to read, sheltering arms, a cozy bed, and to love and be loved in return."
- Starra Neely Blade 

Quote of the Day

"And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
- Paulo Coelho

Quote of the Day

"Great people do things before they're ready. They do things before they know they can do it. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that -- that is what life is. You might be really good. You might find out something about yourself that's really special, and if you're not good, who cares? You tried something. Now you know something about yourself."
- Amy Poehler

Quote of the Day

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade."
- Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

Quote of the Day

"If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something."
- Neil Gaiman

Quote of the Day

"From this one place I can't see very far
in this one moment I'm square in the dark
these are the things I will trust in my heart
You can see something else"
- Sara Groves, "From This One Place"

Quote of the Day

"We realize the importance of light when we see darkness. We realize the importance of our voice when we are silenced."
- Malala Yousafzai

Happy International Women's Day!

Quote of the Day

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."
- Arthur Ashe

Quote of the Day

"Librarians are just like search engines, except they smile and they talk to me and they don't give me paid-for advertising when they are trying to help. And they have actual hearts."
- Matt Haig (via)

Quote of the Day

"I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time."
- Jack London

Quote of the Day

"When I look down at this golden statue, may it remind me and every little child that no matter where you’re from, your dreams are valid." 
- Lupita Nyong’o (via)

Quote of the Day

"Ask Jesus what He wants from you and be brave."
- Pope Francis

Quote of the Day

"Your life should be about finding the intersection of your greatest passion and the world's greatest needs."
- Gary White, founder of Water.org