The closest you can get to seeing the world through someone else's eyes, is through reading a book.
Oscar Wilde
“What of Art?
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
-It is a malady.
--Love?
-An Illusion.
--Religion?
-The fashionable substitute for Belief.
--You are a sceptic.
-Never! Scepticism is the beginning of Faith.
--What are you?
-To define is to limit.”
Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Virginia Woolf
“He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life.”
-Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography
-Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography
Orlando: A Biography
A Room of One's Own
To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
A Room of One's Own
To the Lighthouse
Mrs. Dalloway
Jack Kerouac
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
-Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
-Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums
On the Road
On the Road
Tom Robbins
"Real courage is risking something that might force you to rethink your thoughts and suffer change and stretch consciousness. Real courage is risking one's clichés.”
-Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction
-Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction
Another Roadside Attraction
Still Life with Woodpecker
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Still Life with Woodpecker
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
John Steinbeck
“And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.”
-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
-John Steinbeck, East of Eden
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men
Tortilla Flats
Cannery Row
Of Mice and Men
Tortilla Flats
Cannery Row
Haruki Murakami
“Please remember: things are not what they seem.”
-Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
-Haruki Murakami, 1Q84
1Q84
Norwegian Wood
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Norwegian Wood
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Ken Kesey
"Because he knows you have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to keep the world from running you plumb crazy."
-Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
-Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"It is only the hear that can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince
The Little Prince