Sheila

“What are we, apart from the stories we tell ourselves and other people?”
― Emily Itami, Fault Lines

“People who don't think the rules apply to them, Kit was beginning to learn, are surprised and offended when others don't recognize and honor their exemption.”
― Sue Halpern, Summer Hours at the Robbers Library

“Of course, he knew something was wrong, he was a librarian—part psychologist, bartender, bouncer, and detective.”
― Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library

“...I love my wife, but we have grown apart. I had my career, she had her job--'"
"Wait," Rusty interrupted, "He said that?"
"Oh, yes," Kit said. "And no one seemed to think anything of it, except for me. It was like hearing for the first time what he really though of me and what I'd chosen to do with my life. I realized no one thinks being a librarian is as awesome as being a neurosurgeon, but I always thought I was doing something valuable, putting books in the hands of readers. Books can save lives, too. I really believe that." And then more to herself than to Rusty: "Like mine.”
― Sue Halpern, Summer Hours at the Robbers Library