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week. My Drill Sergeant was named Roberto Guerrero, a self-proclaimed “Proud
“But then I tell myself that it wasn't as if justice was going to be served no matter what I did. Justice didn't stand a chance. And I hate that. I hate that I stopped believing in things I didn't even know were matters of belief, like justice and fairness. Or honesty. Or the promises people make to each other. Of all the things Cal took from me, that's when I think I miss the most: the apparently naïve belief that you kept your promises. You know what the prosecutor told me? ;Everyone cheats,' as if that was supposed to make it all right.”
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
“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.”
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
“I’m in a cage without bars and I’m screaming but nobody can hear. I’m not even middle-aged yet and he’s faded me into the background.”
― Fault Lines
― Fault Lines
“It's hard to remember who you are, without people who know you that way.”
― Fault Lines
― Fault Lines
“...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.”
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
"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.”
― Summer Hours at the Robbers Library
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