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

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“True love stories never have endings.”
― Richard Bach

“Any powerful idea is absolutely fascinating and absolutely useless until we choose to use it.”
― Richard Bach, One

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Hell, God himself could show up any time now. He looked around.”
― Pam Records, Trapped in Glass

“No. It made no sense at all. But she was a widow now. A bona fide, alone-in-the-world, parentless widow at that. She was entitled to go a bit crazy, if only for a little while. She opened the”
― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Wedding Veil

“Avery poured a cup of coffee hot and compared it to a political debate—hot enough to boil an egg and filled with artificial flavor.”
― DiAnn Mills, Concrete Evidence

“didn’t know if I could cry for this mother who had shown up so late in my need of her. But standing there in her room of”
― Delores Lowe Friedman, Wildflowers

“He could not be blamed just because no one ever mentioned that once you closed the storybook, Cinderella still had to do laundry and clean the toilet and take care of the crown prince.”
― Jodi Picoult, Harvesting the Heart

“I know what happens when there is not enough food. I have seen it.” She looked away, remembering, and her voice went quieter. “The baby gets thinner, but at first that doesn’t seem too serious. Then he gets sick. It’s a childhood infection such as many children catch, with spots or a runny nose or diarrhea, but the hungry child takes a long time to recover, then he gets another illness. He is tired all the time and grizzles a lot and he doesn’t play much, just lies still and coughs. And then one day he closes his eyes and doesn’t open them again. And sometimes the mother is too tired to weep.”
― Ken Follett, Never

“A fool was just a fool, but a fool in the White House was the most dangerous person in the world. She said: “Let me see if I can pour oil on”
― Ken Follett, Never

“Win. He was often described in the society pages as an “international playboy,” and she guessed that fit. He was blue-blooded old money, very old money, the kind of old money that disembarked from the Mayflower and immediately called for a caddy and a tee time.”
― Harlan Coben, Caught

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“Don’t try and scare me, Standing Bear. I got nothing behind me and nothing in front of me—nothing everywhere I look. Just a big fat zero.” Lane stared at him a moment and then turned, walking back toward the front and disappearing around the corner.”
― Craig Johnson, Daughter of the Morning Star

“He said they ‘compartmentalised.’ That’s something you do so love won’t run into duty.”
― Mick Herron, The Secret Hours

“But then she gave me that what aren’t you telling me? look that they must teach in that top secret Mom school I’m pretty sure they all go to, and the laws of nature were restored. She once again trumped me.”
― Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Summer of Songbirds

“or frightening that he was paralyzed as a result. He explained when we were smaller that when things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep. When it awoke,”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings