read with kath ✿

“Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read.

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We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

“A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
― Maya Angelou

“By perseverance the snail reached the ark.”
― Charles Spurgeon

“Remember, the past need not become our future as well.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Elantris