#often misquoted

[books-n-shadows]

"𝔄𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔤𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔤𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯;

𝔑𝔬𝔱 𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔱.

𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔡𝔬𝔢𝔰 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯.

𝔇𝔢𝔢𝔭 𝔯𝔬𝔬𝔱𝔰 𝔞𝔯𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔡 𝔟𝔶 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔱."

[thequoteaday]

What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself — and thus make yourself indispensable.

André Gide, Les Nourritures Terrestres (1897)

[thequoteaday]

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart: I am, I am, I am.

Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (1963)