Quotes

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing. Winifred Holtby, O Magazine, September 2002

One must desire something to be alive. Margaret Deland, O Magazine, September 2002

To want to be what one can be is purpose in life. Cynthia Ozick, O Magazine, September 2002

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us. Max Frisch

Regret for wasted time is more wasted time. Mason Cooley, O Magazine, April 2004

If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. Maria Edgeworth, O Magazine, April 2004

Read not to contradict and confute?nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Sir Francis Bacon, O Magazine, April 2003

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you. Harold Bloom, O Magazine, April 2003