quotes by Annie Barrows

"Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"You know how I love talking about books, and you know how I adore receiving compliments."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you onto another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive-- all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us. "
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)

"We could have gone on longing for one another and pretending not to notice forever. This obsession with dignity can ruin your life if you let it."
— Annie Barrows (The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society)