The Book Keeper Quotes

“It’s not your responsibility to divine what people need. Just because you have the ability to do so, doesn’t absolve people of their personal responsibility.”
― Sarah Painter, The Book Keeper

“Esme nodded her understanding, but didn’t speak. She could sense that Fiona had more to say and she wanted to give her the space to do so.”
― Sarah Painter, The Book Keeper

“Just because you are capable of something doesn’t mean you have a moral obligation to do it.”
― Sarah Painter, The Book Keeper

“He stroked the soft fur on Winter’s head and sent a prayer to the gods that had long since died. His old playmates from the long-ago beginning. The time before the island was an island, and before he stood between the earth and the sky and felt the sting of the salt air. The time that, in truth, had grown hazy even for him. He knew that Winter was an animal and that his ending would come before Tobias’s final sleep, but he prayed now, with a burst of fervent energy. Not yet.”
― Sarah Painter, The Book Keeper