“If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes, and able to read the books that belong to me, in that they clarify the density, and shape the formless mass within, life seems inconceivably rich.” IfsI CanBookSeemsAbleHoursRichFourShapesMassNotesIntervalsSofasDensity Author:Alice James
“The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape” MomentsSeemsLyingFailureLuckPosterityRight MomentSuccess Or FailureSeizing Book:Her Brothers Her Journal Source: Her Brothers Her Journal