Gretchen Bernet-Ward > Gretchen's Quotes

“Of all the Winter Service Industries, the Winter Consul was the most dangerous. Few who joined expected to last out the decade, yet recruitment was never much of a problem. You didn't find the job, they said, it found you. No-one ever who entered the Winter voluntarily wasn't trying to leave something behind.”
― Jasper Fforde, Early Riser

“Words are capable of flying. They dart through windows, over fences, between bar stools and across courtyards. They travel rapidly from mouth to ear, from ear to mouth. And as they go, they pick up speed and weight and substance and gravity. Until they land with a scud, take seed and grow as fast as the unruliest of beanstalks.”
― Jess Kidd, Himself

“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read.”
― Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“Below the Fray: Are Book Reviews Gaslighting Readers? There are currently twice as many humans in space as there are full-time book critics in America, says Blake Lefray. What’s more, he adds, the traditional book review stinks. And it always has, filled as they are with soul-killing clichés and constant gooey positivity. He issues a call for honesty without malice and pleads with critics to stop treating authors with kid gloves.
Gretchen said: Well, hey guys, writing with honesty is how I have been reviewing on Goodreads for several years! Oh, sorry I am just a nobody who happens to read books.”
― Blake Lefray