"It is the artist's job to create sunshine when there is none." Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize in Literature 1915
And it always works, if we let them into our minds.
"Books have the power to make everything better, but it's hard to engage with that power if we've forgotten that reading is supposed to feel good, first and foremost." F. Scott Fitzgerald (Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby)
And no matter the subject of the book, if we enjoy it, it makes our lives a little better, page after page.
There is a German folk song "Thoughts are Free" (Die Gedanken sind frei). It's really old but it still matters. A lot.
I do like the Wolf quote........ SO true. The only locks on our thoughts are those we've installed ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, Kitten. Maybe those who ban books should listen to her. She was a great thinker.
DeleteI love all of these! :D
ReplyDeleteThat's great, Lark. I mean, so do I, otherwise I wouldn't have posted them but it's always great to see that someone agrees. Thanks.
DeleteThat song is an old favorite, even before I found Pete Seeger's version of it.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of that, Stephen, so thanks for letting me know about it. It is a very popular folk song in Germany, in German, of course. ;)
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