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“We read because we want to be understood. And don't we all wish that the person we love will be able to see the pain we are carrying? And when the characters in the novel hug each other, somehow it feels like we're being comforted too.”
― Hwang Bo-Reum, Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books

“I want my rage to elicit love and more love.”
― Noor Hindi, Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

“Fear is the enemy of art because it hinders us from creation. Anyone who uses fear to stop an artist from creating is an enemy of life.”
― Derek B. Miller, The Curse of Pietro Houdini

“Words are like birds, when you publish books you are setting caged birds free. They can go wherever they please. They can fly over the highest walls and across vast distances, settling in mansions of gentry, in farmsteads and laborers' cottages alike. You never know whom those words will reach, whose hearts will succumb to their sweet songs.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky