At Church of St. John the Theologian - Patmos Island, Siberia, Russia
(Photo © dramoor 2016, Chemal, Russia)
august is for romance! romance in friendships. romance in daily routines. romance in walking down the street
“And you’ll return to real life. You need to live it to the fullest. No matter how shallow and dull things might get, this life is worth living. I guarantee it.”
— Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
“Her [Jane Austen’s] genius began with the recognition that such lives as hers were very eventful indeed — that every life is eventful, if only you know how to look at it. She did not think that her existence was quiet or trivial or boring; she thought it was delightful and enthralling, and she wanted us to see that our own are, too. She understood that what fills our days should fill our hearts, and what fills our hearts should fill our novels.”
— A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter by William Deresiewicz. (via halfagony-halfhope)
