“In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.”
"Love is friendship on fire."
- Susan Sontag
Love
"It hurts to love. It’s like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin."
- Susan Sontag
Love
"A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"A writer is someone who pays attention to the world — a writer is a professional observer."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"Love words, agonize over sentences. And pay attention to the world."
- Susan Sontag
Awareness
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."
- Mortimer J. Adler
Self-improvement
"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."
- Anon
Self-improvement
"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."
- Archer
Self-improvement
"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."
- Roronoa Zoro
Self-improvement
"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"
Self-improvement