The Little Lost Library Quotes

“When you know you are of worth, you don’t have to raise your voice, you don’t have to become rude, you don’t have to become vulgar; you just are. —Maya Angelou”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire. —Wendell Berry”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“My granny used to say that folks who held on to anger like a mule chewing a mouthful of bumblebees were folks who needed grace most.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“When you know you are of worth, you don’t have to raise your voice, you don’t have to become rude, you don’t have to become vulgar; you just are.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got. —Robert Brault”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“Don’t own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“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”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“There was Charlie, standing over an open box of new releases. As she watched, he ran a hand over the vibrant, glossy covers. She saw the smile playing on his lips and the glint of curiosity in his eyes. She saw the respect in his touch. And when he carefully flipped one of the books over to read every word of the back cover blurb, his smile grew, and he nodded as if he and the author shared a secret.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“You want God’s wrath-style justice? Like the scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark when they open the Ark and people’s faces melt?” “I’d prefer a come-to-Jesus moment. If they came out of prison and helped the folks they once tried to hurt, that’d be enough for me.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library

“This was the medicinal quality of books. With all she’d been through as of late, a simple story about a leaf had whisked her away to a world of color, humor, and hope. It had reminded her that it was okay to be afraid. It also reminded her that she could call upon her reserves of courage and grit. She could feel sad and angry and mournful over the tragic fate of one family, but she didn’t have to succumb to those feelings completely.”
― Ellery Adams, The Little Lost Library