Crossing out the word cannot

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.

—John Lennon (via ireadintothings)

(Source: quote-book)

I like words - strike that, I love words.

—Stephen Fry. (via quote-book)