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Character quotes

29 Jan 2016 2 Comments

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Reading Journals Tags: Gift of the Sea, Harry Potter, Jane Eyre, My Sister's Keeper, The Last Song, The Walk

Dear Fellow Journalers,

From the pages of 6 books, characters speak their minds. Enjoy.

~Sallie

“I am no bird, and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.” from the book by Charlotte Bronte- Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

“In the end you should always do the right thing even if it’s hard.” from the book by Nicholas Sparks – The last song

The Last Song

“There is a curious thing that happens with the passage of time: a calcification of character… change isn’t always for the worst; the shell that forms around a piece of sand looks to some people like an irritation, and to others like a pearl.” from the book by Jodi Picoult My Sister’s Keeper

My Sister's Keeper

“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.” from the book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh –

The Gift of the Sea

Gift from The Sea

“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest.” from the book by Richard Paul Evans – The Walk

The Walk

“It is our choices, Harry, that show us who we really are, far more than our abilities.” from the book by J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Chamber of Secrets

Covers

27 Jan 2016 Comments Off on Covers

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Journal Covers and Pages Tags: journal covers, Reading journal

Dear Fellow Journalers,

Here are a few Reading Journal covers that I have come across.

My favorite quotes from books

22 Jan 2016 Comments Off on My favorite quotes from books

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Reading Journals Tags: Inner Hero, quotes, The 13th Gift, The Chance, walking on water

Dear Fellow Journalers,

The following excerpts are from 4 of my favorite books of 2015. Please send me yours before the end of the month to include them in an interactive blog post!

“Help comes in all kinds of packages.” The 13th Gift

“Forgiveness – mercy seems to me the most beautiful thing on earth.”

Against Wind and Tide

“Truth stands outside of time.” The Chance

” You are creative, and making art is how you think, plan and explore your emotions.” Inner Hero, Create Art Journal

” it is not by knowledge that we make our journeys but by hope and faith: hope that our walk will be worthy of our steps and faith that we are going somewhere. And only when we come to the end of our journey do we truly understand that every step of the way we were walking on water.” Walking on Water

Reading Prompts

20 Jan 2016 Comments Off on Reading Prompts

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Prompts Tags: Journal prompts

Dear Fellow Journalers,

The following are some prompts that you can use in your Reading Journal to make the entries more informative:

What is your favorite (or a few of your favorite) books and why? How many times have you read it and how does it make you feel when you flip through the pages? What would you tell someone when you’re recommending this book to them?
What is your least favorite book? Why are you so turned off by it? Now imagine that you are forced to watch a movie version of the book. Describe your experience.
A friend has recommended that you read a book that he says is “completely amazing!” The book is anything but. What do you tell your friend and does this experience change your opinion about his tastes?
You have been transported into one of your favorite books as a character of your choosing. Who are you and what happens to you during your adventures? Describe in extreme detail.
What is your favorite place to read? Why is it the perfect spot?
You are walking down the road and you come across a group of kids that are burning books. What do you do next?

‘Til next time,

~Sallie

Quotes for book lovers

15 Jan 2016 Comments Off on Quotes for book lovers

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought Tags: books, change, Library, magic

Dear Fellow Journalers,

The following quotes are for YOU!

Enjoy.

~Sallie

“You never have to change anything. You get up in the middle of the night to write.” Saul Bellow

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting.”

E.E. Cummings

“Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.” Plato

“A little library, growing larger every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.” Henry Ward Beecher

“I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.”

J.K. Rowling

“We read five words on the first page of a really good book and we begin to forget that we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images.” John Gardner