Quote: Leo Tolstoy

This week's quote is:

"What a strange illusion it is to suppose that beauty is goodness."

- Leo Tolstoy

 

This quote stuck out to me because it is talking about a theme that has been analyzed and scrutinized throughout history. It seems as though it is human nature to be attracted to things that are pleasant to the eye, even when those things may be harmful both physically and emotionally. When looking at it from an outsider's point of view, it does seem like a strange and silly thing: why would someone eat that pretty piece of cake, even though they know it is bad for them? Yet we do it anyways.

 

Always,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This week's quote is:

"That any civilized human being in this nineteenth century should not be aware that the earth travelled round the sun appeared to me to be such an extraordinary fact that I could hardly realize it."

- John Watson talking about Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

 

This is why I love the Sherlock Holmes stories. You think that they are going to be stuffy, boring books, when in reality they are full of humor and entertainment. Seriously, read them! :)

 

Always,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Albert Camus

This week's quote is:

 

"Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth."

- Albert Camus

 

I really like this quote because it is simple but strong. It's also true- in every story or book or novel there is at least one truth, even though the plot or the characters themselves may be created by the author.

Yours,
NutFreeNerd

Quote: John Green

This week's quote is:

"When I look at my room, I see a girl who loves books."

- John Green

 

This quote comes from John Green's first novel Looking for Alaska, which I recently finished reading for the second time. It's an amazing book, so amazing that it's hard to believe it's his first. Anyways, in the book Alaska says this quote, and it is really unexpected. When you first meet Alaska as a character you wouldn't think (at least I didn't think) that she would be the type of person to have shelves and stacks and piles of books in her room. Yet she does. This single sentence really makes you do a double-take of sorts and makes you re-analyze how you view Alaska. Oh, John Green, how I love your awesome quotes!

 

Yours,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: David Levithan

This week's quote is:

"It is not our silence that is deafening, but all the words underneath it, yelled in our heads."

- David Levithan

 

This quote sticks out to me because it gives you a visual image of what happens when important words that need to be spoken aren't. David Levithan is an awesome writer (example: Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan) and it really shows through this quote. 

 

Always,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Oscar Wilde

This week's quote is:

"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all."

- Oscar Wilde

 

I like this quote because it speaks the absolute truth. Many people live their lives like zombies or robots, too occupied with worrying about the future to actually live in the present. And I know that those are stereotypical examples, but still. However, on some cases I don't necessarily think that it is the fault of the individual. Our modern-day society is so focused on what will happen tomorrow and the next day and the day after that. It is too easy to get caught up in all of this planning. I think that if more people took the time to stop obsessing over the future and actually get out there and live in the moment, the world would be a much happier place. I'm not saying that you shouldn't plan for tomorrow- just make sure that the only life you live isn't in your fantasies of years to come.

 

Always,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Homer H. Hickam Jr.

This week's quote is:

"It seemed as if all through grade school I was reading two books, one for me and one for my teachers."

 - October Sky by Homer H. Hickam Jr. (pages 13-14)

 

I really like this quote because it's true. My English teachers always make us read and analyze certain books, when if they just let me pick my own book I would get so much more out of it. Now, I'm not saying that I'm complaining about having to read classics all the time- I think it is very important to be exposed to different kinds of writing. However, I think that being able to pick the book you want to read every once in while is important, too. So yes, Mr. Hickam Jr, over fifty years later teachers are still forcing their students to read books that they cannot connect to, or that are well below their reading level, or even a mixture of the two reasons. Wouldn't it be wonderful if English teachers actually communicated with their students and took an interest in the books that they found enjoyable to read?

 

Yours,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: John Green

Since John Green is one of my most favorite authors ever, I've decided it's about time that I featured one of his quotes on this blog. So without further ado, this week's quote is:

"What a treacherous thing it is to believe that a person is more than a person."

- John Green

 

This quote is from John Green's amazing novel Paper Towns. I love this quote because it really is true. How many times do people look at another person with such awe and respect that the person they admire becomes more of a character to them than an actual human being? I myself am guilty of doing this a lot. I convince myself that this certain person is perfect, only to be proven wrong time and time again that they are indeed a human with as many flaws as the person standing next to them. The "relate-ability"of this quote really stood out to me when I first read Papers Towns a while back, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. This is one of the many, many reasons why I adore John Green.

 

Yours,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Francois Rabelais

"I GO TO SEEK A GREAT PERHAPS."

- Francois Rabelais (poet)

 

This week's quote is a simple one, but it is one of my ultimate favorites. In John Green's novel Looking for Alaska, the main character is obsessed with famous last words, and this is one that he likes. This quote contains the last words of the poet Francois Rabelais. I love this quote because it can apply to so many things and almost everyone can relate to it. It also begs the question: What is the "great perhaps" that you seek? Leave it to the amazing John Green to include such a wonderful quote in one of his books!

 

Enjoy!

Yours,

NutFreeNerd

Quote: Mark Twain

Remember a long time ago when I used to do a weekly quote? Well, I want to start doing that again. So this week's quote is:

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

- Mark Twain

 

I like this quote because it makes you think about the difference between schooling and getting an education. Society today is so focused on going to school and going to college and getting a degree, that it makes you believe that that is the only type of education we can receive. But really, what is education? Is school really the most important type?

 

Enjoy!

Yours,

NutFreeNerd

Quote of the Week #13

Here is this week's quote:

"Do not read, as children do, to amuse yourself, or like the ambitious, for the purpose of instruction. No, read in order to live."
                                                     ~  Gustave Flaubert

Hope you like it!!!!!

Yours,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #12

Here is this week's quote:

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."
                                                                                     ~ L.M. Montgomery

Hope you like it!

Yours,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #11

Hey! Here is this week's quote:

"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book."
                                                                  ~ Groucho Marx

Hope you like it!

Hugs,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #10

Hi everyone! Here is the quote I've picked for this week:

"It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities."
                                                               ~ J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

I hope you like it!

Later,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #9

Hi people!!! Here is this week's quote:

"I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library."
                                                           ~ Jorge Luis Borges

Enjoy!

Later,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #8

Here is this week's quote:

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."
                                                          ~ Pablo Picasso

Enjoy!!!!
Yours,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #7

Hola, everyone. Here is this week's quote:

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
                                                                  ~ C.S. Lewis

Enjoy!!!

Peace,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #6

Hello, everyone!!!!! Here is this week's quote:

“I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.” ~ Umberto Eco

Happy Father's Day!!!!!!

Also, if you have any quotes you would like to include in one of these posts, you can leave them in the comments. Thanks!!!!

Hugs,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #5

The quote for this week is:

"Ending a sentence in a preposition is something up with which I will not put."
                                     -Winston Churchill

This quote was recommended by one of the readers of this blog. I hope you like it!!!

Peace,
Aceba

Quote of the Week #4

Hello!!! The quote for this week is:

"You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write."
                                           ~ Saul Bellow

If you have any quotes that you would like me to incorporate in a future Quote of the Week, please leave them in the comments. Thanks!!!!

Yours Truly,
Aceba