Mary > Mary's Quotes

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”
― Mason Cooley

“No two persons ever read the same book.”
― Edmund Wilson

“Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
― Stephen King

“I love books. I love that moment when you open one and sink into it you can escape from the world, into a story that's way more interesting than yours will ever be.”
― Elizabet Scott

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

“There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort.”
― Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing