Most days I’ll be sharing some of the quotes that have inspired me, made me smile or just made me think.

Classic Quotes #63

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
~ Maya Angelou

Rumi

Rumi

Like a sculptor, if necessary,
carve a friend out of stone.
Realize that your inner sight is blind
and try to see a treasure in everyone.
~ Rumi

George Eliot

George Eliot

It is always fatal to have music or poetry interrupted.
~ George Eliot, Middlemarch

Anna Akhmatova

Anna Akhmatova

You will hear thunder and remember me,
And think: she wanted storms. The rim
Of the sky will be the colour of hard crimson,
And your heart, as it was then, will be on fire.
~ Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

Listen, real poetry doesn’t say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through anyone that suits you.
~ Jim Morrison

What’s inspired you this week?