I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train. – Oscar Wilde

There are no strangers here, only friends that have not yet met. — William Butler Yeats

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch
which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. — George Bernard Shaw

Books, the children of the brain. – Jonathan Swift