What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.
Logan Pearsall SmithTag: words reading writing literature authors
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Logan Pearsall SmithThen I though of reading -- the nice and subtle happiness of reading ... this joy not dulled by age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, lifelong intoxication.
Logan Pearsall SmithTag: words reading books literature
Then I thought of reading—the nice and subtle happiness of reading. This was enough, this joy not dulled by Age, this polite and unpunishable vice, this selfish, serene, life-long intoxication.
Logan Pearsall SmithTag: words reading books literature
Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he's only trying on one face after another till he finds his own.
Logan Pearsall SmithPeople say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.
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All Reformers, however strict their Conscience, live in houses just as big as they can pay for.
Logan Pearsall SmithTag: hypocrisy
What things there are to write, if one could only write them! My mind is full of gleaming thoughts; gay moods and mysterious, moth-like meditations hover in my imagination, fanning their painted wings. They would make my fortune if I could catch them; but always the rarest, those freaked with azure and the deepest crimson, flutter away beyond my reach.
Logan Pearsall SmithTag: writing expression thoughts
How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there a danger of their coming true!
Logan Pearsall SmithThank heavens, the sun has gone in and I don’t have to go out and enjoy it.
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