Bright Quotes - quotes

📅 January 4, 2017 “A smile is the universal welcome.” ― Max Eastman 👓 About the quote: Max Eastman, born January 4, 1883, was an American poet, editor, and writer on literature, philosophy, and society, as well as a prominent political activist. Editor of the radical journals The Masses and The Liberator, Eastman published more than 20 books on topics ranging from humor and Freudian psychology to Soviet Culture. A longstanding supporter of socialism and causes such as women’s suffrage and the Harlem Renaissance, Eastman also befriended and translated works by Leon Trotsky. In later life, however, he questioned these beliefs, becoming a proponent of free markets economics and an anti-Communist. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 January 3, 2017 “There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien 👓 About the quote: One of the world’s most iconic fantasy authors, John Ronald Reuel Tolkein was born January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, to English parents. A writer, poet, WWI veteran, and major English language scholar who specialized in Anglo Saxon and Middle English, Tolkein is best known for his classic works of high fantasy The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Along with close friend C.S.Lewis, Tolkein was also a member of the influential literary discussion group the Inklings. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 January 2, 2017 “Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” ― Isaac Asimov 👓 About the quote: Isaac Asimov, born January 2, 1920, was a Russian-born, American author and master of science fiction whose most famous work is the Foundation Series about the downfall and rebirth of a vast Galactic Empire. Asimov was also a professor of biochemistry known for his popular science books. He wrote or edited more than 500 books and is considered one of history’s most prolific writers. Along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, Asimov was considered one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers of his time. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 January 1, 2017 “If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves.” ― Maria Edgeworth 👓 About the quote: Maria Edgeworth, born January 1, 1767, was a prolific and influential Anglo-Irish writer of adult and children’s books often considered the ‘Irish Jane Austen’ or ‘female Sir Walter Scott’. Her admirers, in fact, included both Austen and Scott, who acknowledged her influence in Waverly, as well as Ivan Turgenev and William Makepeace Thackeray. Edgeworth was an outspoken commentator on class, race, and gender whose novels reflected her beliefs in women’s education reform as well as her criticism of the treatment of Irish peasantry, who she worked hard to help. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 December 31, 2016 “And that's when I know it's over. As soon as you start thinking about the beginning, it's the end.” ― Junot Díaz 👓 About the quote: Happy birthday, Junot Díaz! The Dominican Republic-born, New Jersey-raised writer turns 48 today. Diaz is the author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, which won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and several short story collections including Drown and This is How You Lose Her, a National Book Award Finalist. The recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship as well as other awards, Diaz is also a creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 December 30, 2016 “Everything distracted me, but most of all myself.” ― Patti Smith 👓 About the quote: Happy birthday, Patti Smith! The American writer, performer, and visual artist, known as “punk’s poet laureate” for her revolutionary fusion of poetry and rock, turns 70 today. Smith’s work includes her hugely influential 1975 debut album Horses, poetry collections Woolgathering, The Coral Sea, and Auguries of Innocence, and her memoir Just Kids, which won the 2010 National Book Award. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 December 28, 2016 “The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” ― Carol Ryrie Brink 👓 About the quote: Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 – August 15, 1981) was an American author who wrote more than 30 books for both children and adults. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn, whose title character was modeled on the maternal grandmother who raised Brink after she was orphaned, won the 1936 Newbery Medal. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 December 26, 2016 “As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.” ― David Sedaris 👓 About the quote: Happy Birthday, David Sedaris! The American humorist, author, and radio contributor turns 60 today. Author of bestselling books including Barrel Fever, Holidays on Ice, Me Talk Pretty One Day and most recently Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Sedaris also writes plays with his sister, actress Amy Sedaris, under the name “The Talent Family.” 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel

📅 December 23, 2016 “There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.” ― Patrick Ness 👓 About the quote: The film adaptation of Patrick Ness’s 2011 children’s fantasy novel A Monster Calls opens in the US today, December 23, 2016. The story follows Conor, a young boy whose mother is dying of cancer, and the monster –a giant, anthropomorphic yew tree - who starts to visit Conor at night, telling him stories and gradually guiding him towards an acceptance of the truth. 👍 Like this quote on Goodreads 📖 Join the channel