quietlivinglife

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it.”
― Jeanette Winterson

“She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as, with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

“You don’t share me. You own me.”
― Gayle Forman, Where She Went

“Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Choice