Laura

“For you, a thousand times over”
― Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“Happiness was but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain.”
― Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge

“Under these circumstances, silence among such a large group of people is an uncomfortable thing to experience. Guilt spreads around even to those who have nothing to feel guilty about. Many held their breath. Or, as I heard later, many did what me and my mum did and closed their eyes. We closed our eyes in a bid to remove ourselves.”
― Lloyd Jones, Mister Pip

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero