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“Books make such good friends and quiet neighbors.”
― Quiet Neighbors
― Quiet Neighbors
“NO!” I bellowed it at him. “You say that over and over like it’s some kind of slogan. And I never knew why it made me feel as if I was going mad. I don’t ‘upset myself,’ Marco. Things ‘upset me.’ Things ‘upset’ everyone unless they’re catatonic or drugged to their eyeballs. It’s called life.”
― House. Tree. Person.
― House. Tree. Person.
“Why is any one book different from any other book? They are different, A.J. decides, because they are. We have to look inside many. We have to believe. We agree to be disappointed sometimes so that we can be exhilarated every now and again.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“She was afraid. It wasn’t a tremble of fear. It was a dark hood hanging over her head. She was meant to die. That was why she was on the Chief speeding eastward. This was her bier.”
― Dread Journey
― Dread Journey
“She carried her head like a lady and her body like a snake.”
― Dread Journey
― Dread Journey
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