There are two things the world can never get enough of, and that’s kindness and common sense. Thank you Terry Pratchett for providing the world with both
“There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.” – George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
It is better to enlighten men’s minds than to teach them to be obstinate in their prejudices.
— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, What is Property? (via philosophybits)
From our stacks: Illustration for ‘The Black Cat’ from Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. With an Introduction by Hervey Allen and Wood Engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. New York: Random House, 1944.