Quote of the week: August roundup

Reading is that fruitful miracle of a communication in the midst of solitude.
Marcel Proust, 1871 – 1922

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 – 1778

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.
William Zinsser, 1922 – 2015

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.
William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811 – 1863