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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”
― Paul Sweeney

“All that I forget, I feel.”
― Jo Furniss, The Last to Know

“It's been a very long time since I've had an adventure.”
― Hazel Prior, How the Penguins Saved Veronica

“The pain. It's worth it. The more you love, the more it hurts. It's the only thing that is.”
― Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

“The most beautiful woman in any room is the woman with the most joy in her heart.”
― Melanie Hudson, The Last Letter from Juliet

“Life is about change. If you don't change, you'll never grow.”
― Julie Valerie

“Home isn't a place it's a feeling”
― Carmel Harrington, A Thousand Roads Home

“It wasn't a miracle. You believed. And made it happen.”
― Alan Hlad, The Long Flight Home

“It is a bit of a dream. And so we'll dream it. With a little courage, we can dream it for the rest of our lives.”
― Roxanne Veletzos

“Most things, I find, are temporary and pass into distant memory with the next great event. But this commentary drew blood to my face.”
― Nev March, Murder in Old Bombay

“I hope the reader will experience the story in the spirit it was written, recognizing that who we are is not who they were, and judging historical people by today's standards prevents us from learning from them, from their mistakes and their triumphs. These people helped build the framework that we now stand on. We should be careful about burning it down.”
― Amy Harmon, Where the Lost Wander

“It appeared that the two of them had forgotten the most elementary rules of good manners, which tell us that at a social gathering one does not bring up the subject of personalities, sad topics or unfortunate facts, religion, or politics".”
― Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate

“In the matter of reforming things, as distinct from deforming them, there is one plain and simple principle; a principle which will probably be called a paradox. There exists in such a case a certain institution or law; let us say, for the sake of simplicity, a fence or gate erected across a road. The more modern type of reformer goes gaily up to it and says, "I don't see the use of this; let us clear it away." To which the more intelligent type of reformer will do well to answer: "If you don't see the use of it, I certainly won't let you clear it away. Go away and think. Then, when you can come back and tell me that you do see the use of it, I may allow you to destroy it.”
― G.K. Chesterton, The Thing: Why I am a Catholic

“It's a sweet, sweet life livin' by the salty sea.”
― Zac Brown Band