The Library of Borrowed Hearts

by Lucy Gilmore

Give her a good book, some lively company, and—oh, please, just one—cup of coffee, and she was content.

there was always a friend inside the pages of a book.

I take comfort from knowing that I can always pick up a book—a new one, if I want to travel someplace unique; an old one, if I find myself in need of a friend—and make everything feel right again.”