Most weekdays I’ll be sharing new images and quotes that have inspired me. I’ll be posting the full set here each week to share the words and pictures that caught my eye this week.

Gloria Naylor

The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.
~ Gloria Naylor, Linden Hills

Nadine Gordimer

The truth isn’t always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
~ Nadine Gordimer

Simone de Beauvoir

She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
Simone de Beauvoir, The Mandarins

John Banville

The past beats inside me like a second heart.
John Banville, The Sea

Henry David Thoreau

Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.
~ Henry David Thoreau

What’s inspired you this week?