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    Quotes to Inspire: 365 Inspirational Lines from Classic and Modern Literature
    Quotes to Inspire: 365 Inspirational Lines from Classic and Modern Literature
    Quotes to Inspire: 365 Inspirational Lines from Classic and Modern Literature
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    Quotes to Inspire: 365 Inspirational Lines from Classic and Modern Literature

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    With a carefully chosen quote for each day of the year, this book will be a constant source of inspiration, accompanying you through the depths of winter to starry summer nights, and on again to Christmas and the New Year. You’ll encounter lines from novels, short stories, essays, journals, and poems, as well as zen-like meditations, and classic aphorisms.


    The quotes come from more than a hundred different authors—including many of the world’s great literary figures. There are quotes to inspire courage: “The thing is—fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream” (William Golding); ignite creativity: “The Possible’s slow fuse is lit/ By the Imagination!” (Emily Dickinson); and enjoin us to action and goodness: “Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good” (Marcus Aurelius). You’ll meet more playful inspiration in quotes from Douglas Adams and Dr. Seuss. And we’ve also found room for the kind of mystical reflections that poets such as Wallace Stevens so excelled in composing.


    In these quotes you’ll find a wealth of wisdom distilled into a few choice words. But of course, it is not always the full picture—while the main aim of this collection is to offer day-by-day inspiration, we hope it will also be a springboard for discovering new writers. When you are inspired by a writer’s words, we encourage you to seek out the original work, and rediscover the quote in its natural environment. We have rigorously tracked down the source of each quote and attributed it accordingly.


    This book was designed to be as easily navigable as possible on your e-reader. To begin, you need only turn to the Contents page and follow the link to the current month. We wish you an inspirational voyage of discovery.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsinore Books
    Release dateOct 17, 2018
    Quotes to Inspire: 365 Inspirational Lines from Classic and Modern Literature

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      Quotes to Inspire - Elsinore Books

      Introduction

      With a carefully chosen quote for each day of the year, this book will be a constant source of inspiration, accompanying you through the depths of winter to starry summer nights, and on again to Christmas and the New Year. You’ll encounter lines from novels, short stories, essays, journals, and poems, as well as zen-like meditations, and classic aphorisms.

      The quotes come from more than a hundred different authors—including many of the world’s great literary figures. There are quotes to inspire courage: The thing is—fear can’t hurt you any more than a dream (William Golding); ignite creativity: The Possible’s slow fuse is lit/ By the Imagination! (Emily Dickinson); and enjoin us to action and goodness: "Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs over you. While you live, while it is in your power, be good" (Marcus Aurelius). You’ll meet more playful inspiration in quotes from Douglas Adams and Dr. Seuss. And we’ve also found room for the kind of mystical reflections that poets such as Wallace Stevens so excelled in composing.

      In these quotes you’ll find a wealth of wisdom distilled into a few choice words. But of course, it is not always the full picture—while the main aim of this collection is to offer day-by-day inspiration, we hope it will also be a springboard for discovering new writers. When you are inspired by a writer’s words, we encourage you to seek out the original work, and rediscover the quote in its natural environment. We have rigorously tracked down the source of each quote and attributed it accordingly.

      This book was designed to be as easily navigable as possible on your e-reader. To begin, you need only turn to the Contents page and follow the link to the current month. We wish you an inspirational voyage of discovery.

      Copyright © Elsinore Books 2018

      The Elsinore Books Collection

      Classic Poetry Collection

      The Best of Poetry: Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn

      The Best of Poetry: Shakespeare, Muse of Fire

      The Best of Poetry: A Young Person’s Book of Evergreen Verse

      Classic Literature Collection

      The Way Through the Woods: One Hundred Classic Fairy Tales

      Classic Short Stories: The Complete Collection—All 100 Masterpieces

      Modern Poetry Collection

      The Vanishing: One Hundred Shorter and Shorter Poems from 99 Words to 0

      A more detailed listing of our titles can be viewed here.

      Contents

      Introduction

      The Elsinore Books Collection

      Contents

      The Quotes

      January

      February

      March

      April

      May

      June

      July

      August

      September

      October

      November

      December

      A Final

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