Melanie McFarlane > Melanie's Quotes

“To survive, you must tell stories.”
― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before

“A good book is an event in my life.”
― Stendhal, The Red and the Black

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
― Jean Genet

“He watches her the way Harshaw watches fire. Like he’ll never have enough of her. Like he’s trying to capture what he can before she’s gone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere.”
― Hazel Rochman

“If you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac