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“Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.”
― Sue Grafton, M is for Malice

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“Years fly by, but the heart stays in the same place.”
― Harlan Coben, Promise Me

“Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up.”
― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

“In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate.”
― Isaac Asimov

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“The only lies for which we are truly punished are those we tell ourselves.”
― V. S. Naipaul, In a Free State

“Sometimes you need darkness to see things better:”
― Donato Carrisi, The Lost Girls of Rome

“In fact, they’re trained in risk assessment”
― Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, The Silence of the Sea