The Book of Candlelight Quotes

“I need books like I need oxygen.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Bookstores remind me that there are good things in this world. —Vincent van Gogh”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“With beauty before me, may I walk. With beauty behind me, may I walk. With beauty above me, may I walk. With beauty below me, may I walk. With beauty all around me, may I walk. Wandering on the trail of beauty, may I walk.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Our secrets are our monsters, Nora thought. Dark and shadowy. Watery and cold.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. —Edgar Degas”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“There is no friend as loyal as a book. —Ernest Hemingway”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“She was filled to the brim with words and images. Facts and details. Theories and questions. They were all unreadable. And they kept racing away from her, as intangible as smoke from a locomotive.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Words have the power to hurt and to heal. The books I gave you will do both. They’ll hurt because they’ll give voice to the pain you’re feeling. And then, they’ll help you heal. That’s what the best books do if you’re brave enough to read them.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“librarians and booksellers were the human equivalents of C. S. Lewis’s enchanted wardrobe.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Coyote America : A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores, The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs by Tristan Gooley, Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire, Barbara Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer, and The Thing with Feathers by Noah Strycker.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“To read someone’s diary was to peer into the crevices of their soul. It was both a trespass and a privilege. A violation and an invitation. It was as intimate as a kiss.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Sue Monk Kidd said that ‘stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Each time Nora placed a book in a reader’s hand, she felt like she was giving them a door to a magical realm. In her mind, librarians and booksellers were the human equivalents of C. S. Lewis’s enchanted wardrobe. They could transport people anywhere, just by handing them the right book.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“In order to see the birds it is necessary to be part of the silence. —Robert Lynd”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Sometimes, it’s best to just shut up and count your blessings.”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Just as one candle lights another and can light thousands of other candles, so one heart illuminates another heart and can illuminate thousands of other hearts. —Leo Tolstoy”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him. —Anaïs Nin”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came. —Truman Capote”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are sealed with scars. —Khalil Gibran”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Oh, my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. —T. S. Eliot”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight

“Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down. —Ray Bradbury”
― Ellery Adams, The Book of Candlelight