

“A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography of its blots, and dog's ears, and can trace the dirt in it to having read it at tea with buttered muffins.”
― Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia
― Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia

“I can't think of anything more rewarding than being able to express yourself to others through painting. Exercising the imagination, experimenting with talents, being creative; these things, to me, are truly the windows to your soul.”
― The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, Vol. 29
― The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross, Vol. 29

“Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure”
― Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
― Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

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