Some lines from books just stick.
They make me pause, underline, and carry them long after I’ve turned the last page. They capture the contradictions of being human, the weight of history, and the quiet truths we rarely say out loud.
This is my personal collection of unforgettable book quotes. They are words that inspired me, made me think, or simply felt too beautiful not to share.
I hope you find a quote here that speaks to you, too.
Defining myself
IN-Q, Inquire Within
Is like confining myself
So I undefined myself
To find myself
The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me.
W.H. Auden, The Dyer’s Hand
God forbid I’d have to sit alone without distraction
IN-Q, Inquire Within
It’s tough to notice thoughts when we’re constantly in action
We are linked in a co-evolutionary circle. The sweeter the peach, the more frequently we disperse its seeds, nurture its young, and protect them from harm. Food plants and people act as selective forces on each other’s evolution—the thriving of one in the best interest of the other. This, to me, sounds a bit like love.
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize so that just by being, just by shimmering at the meadow’s edge or floating lazily on a pond, I could be doing the work of the world while standing silent in the sun.
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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