Brigands & Breadknives (Legends & Lattes, #2)

by Travis Baldree

It wasn’t that they never spoke. They simply didn’t bother if they didn’t have to. As someone whose life had mostly been spent in the service of sharing words, Fern was enjoying keeping them to herself for a while. It meant that when they did speak, it actually mattered.

She gestured at the detritus around her. “I came here to be with my people. This is a garbage-only meeting.”

Fern is a national treasure. I love her so much.

“That books are a weapon against loneliness. Putting them in the right hands lets people see one another. It makes us … better to one another. I think that’s a worthy thing to do.”