I absolutely love this quote about reading and having a fulfilling life. Books can provide amazing adventures that we would otherwise be unable to experience. - "A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
Be the type of person you want to meet. Be the type of person you want to enjoy the company of. Be the type of person who delights in the things that come into her head, or out of her mouth.
When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for it is just the place and time that the tide will turn - Harriet Beecher Stowe