Returns (The Library Trilogy, #1.6)

by Mark Lawrence

a great book changes as we change, and how each visit to it can offer something surprising that we were blind to on our previous encounters. A favourite book can be a companion throughout our lives.

And before the back cover can be reached, the last page must be crossed. And whether in triumph or sorrow, the story is done.

But the men and women, the souls, the … things … that wrote those books cared about the words. The ideas. Not the object.

“People are like books that are loaned out with blank pages and it’s the job of the world to fill in the story.

But there’s a power in brevity. A short tale can weigh more heavily on the heart than the longest epic. And sometimes a single phrase will echo through eternity.”

Never mistake the idea that something won’t last long, for the notion that it has little value. Rejoice in the temporary, Heeth.”

“Every book is full of death. Or full of endings at least. There’s no turning back. No returning. You cannot read the same book twice.”

“You always get something out of reading a book. It’s a reward in and of itself.”