Please...

I love you Mr. Thomas Hardy! Will you wait for me?

I Rather Be With Mr. Green

versus

 

I'd choose the latter. 

Love and Other Books

Yes, I will never stop loving you.

Loving David

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”


This is what J.D. Salinger is talking about. Now, I know the feeling.

Book Lover

Some of my book collections!

Let The Children Do The Storytelling

Hey there,

I always miss this blog and I always miss the days when I still have the time to read. Anyway, it's obvious that I stole a moment right now, despite the fact that I'm both sleepy and tired, to write. And I can't just miss writing for this blog. The idea of my topic for this entry just came out of the blue and here I go: I'm sharing my top five picks for The Great Stories that are highly recommended for Grown-Ups.

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them...In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night...You - only you - will have stars that can laugh.”

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

 

“It is not possible to know how far the influence of any amiable, honest-hearted duty-doing man flies out into the world, but it is very possible to know how it has touched one's self in going by.”  

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

“I'd just be the catcher in the rye and all. I know it's crazy, but that's the only thing I'd really like to be. I know it's crazy.”
 

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

“It's not time to worry yet” 

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster

“Thank heaven I don't inherit God from anybody! I am free to make mine up as I wish Him. He's kind and sympathetic and imaginative and forgiving and understanding - and He has a sense of humor.” 

Recalling the lessons that I learned from these books makes me want to go back to that fateful day when I get to meet the characters and learned a lot from them.  Indeed, the greatest storytellers ever created were children once- innocent, hopeful, free . And they have the power to bring out from you every possible emotion you thought you've already lost and give you the chance, once again, to feel life as it should be- simple, easy, and carefree. 

Love,

Judy