Sheila

“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

“Sometimes when he looks at me, I wonder if he can see where I've been, if he knows what I've felt. It makes me wonder what I don't know about him, too, and the thought makes me feel, oddly, closer to him; it reminds me of us at the beginning, when we chose what to reveal and had the courtesy of shielding each other from things that were unpalatable, of being our best selves for the other, instead of knowing too much.”
― Emily Itami, Fault Lines

“But everyone is somebody's baby.”
― Emily Itami, Fault Lines