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"I like reading about this kind of stuff even if it is a book targeted at 2nd-4th graders." — Mar 17, 2026 12:31PM
"I like reading about this kind of stuff even if it is a book targeted at 2nd-4th graders." — Mar 17, 2026 12:31PM
“Silence is kind of awkward, don’t you think?” he said.
Oh. Or not. “No. I’m okay with silence. We’re in a library after all. This is the birthplace of silence.”
“The library is the birthplace of silence?” David asked.
“All the words are being used by the books. When I was little, that’s what I used to think. That people were told to be quiet so that all their words didn’t get stolen by the books. I thought books needed words to exist. Well, obviously they do, but I thought they needed spoken words. Yeah … I was always weird.”
“And here I thought libraries were quiet because people were trying to study,” David whispered.
“That might be another explanation.”
― P.S. I Like You
Oh. Or not. “No. I’m okay with silence. We’re in a library after all. This is the birthplace of silence.”
“The library is the birthplace of silence?” David asked.
“All the words are being used by the books. When I was little, that’s what I used to think. That people were told to be quiet so that all their words didn’t get stolen by the books. I thought books needed words to exist. Well, obviously they do, but I thought they needed spoken words. Yeah … I was always weird.”
“And here I thought libraries were quiet because people were trying to study,” David whispered.
“That might be another explanation.”
― P.S. I Like You
“[...] because that's what loving someone is. It's sharing the tiny, stupid, mundane things about your life, because they're everything to the people you love.”
― Just Friends
― Just Friends
“Reading is a gift never make it a punishment.”
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“I feel like if I hold things close, never share, then I never give anyone the opportunity to judge me.”
― P.S. I Like You
― P.S. I Like You
“Walking in heels while wearing a ball gown was, as it turned out, more difficult than finagling an invitation to a state dinner.”
― The Fixer
― The Fixer
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