Tiệm Sách cũ

“Hãy sống như/những con tàu/phải lòng/muôn hải lý !
Mỗi ngày/bỏ/sau lưng/nghìn - hải - cảng - mưa - buồn !”
― Trần Dần, Đi! Đây Việt Bắc!

“Bạn đang buồn. Bạn nghĩ rằng nếu gặp được một người có lý tưởng lớn, một người đã đọc nhiều sách triết, hoặc đã đi tu, một người viết nhạc giỏi, hoặc làm thơ hay: sự hiểu đời, sự tinh tế của họ sẽ giúp bạn bớt buồn.
Tôi đoán là họ còn buồn hơn chúng ta”
― Đoàn Minh Phượng

“Every time you feel lost, confused, think about trees, remember how they grow. Remember that a tree with lots of branches and few roots will get toppled by the first strong wind, while the sap hardly moves in a tree with many roots and few branches. Roots and branches must grow in equal measure, you have to stand both inside of things and above them, because only then will you be able to offer shade and shelter, only then will you be able to cover yourself with leaves and fruit at the proper season.

And later on, when so many roads open up before you, you don't know which to take, don't pick one at random; sit down and wait. Breathe deeply, trustingly, the way you breathed on the day when you came into the world, don't let anything distract you, wait and wait some more. Stay still, be quiet, and listen to your heart. Then, when it speaks, get up and go where it takes you.”
― Susanna Tamaro, Follow Your Heart

“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince