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“But it’s OK to feel happy and sad at the same time. Very few moments involve just one emotion. That’s life”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“The real magic of books is when turning the final page doesn’t mean an ending but a beginning—a beginning that only you can write. When a book sends you to a place you’ve never been or encourages you to do something new or simply to live with a little more empathy”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Maybe this is what books do, she thinks, whether stories real or imagined or poems compiled in one place for people to flick through in search of what they need. They offer something universal but allow you to find your own meaning among the words. They are for everyone and yet they are for you too.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Because what better place to get lost than among shelves of stories?”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Bookshops aren’t just bookshops. They’re places for book lovers to come together”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“You don’t need all my stuff to remember me. You’ve got all the memories.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“am the person I am because of the books I have read. My reading history is a map that shows the path of my life.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“But isn’t that one of the great things about fiction?” he says. “It’s an escape. Somewhere to go when you don’t want to be where you are.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Not everyone has the courage to change the course of their life and set out in a new direction.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“The right book in the hands of the right person at exactly the right moment can change their life forever.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“What would you do if you weren’t afraid, Tilly?”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“poems were like medicine. That whatever your ailment”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“the person she used to be died when Joe did. She’s different now”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Joe always said she dressed like a drunk woodland fairy”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Alfie: “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” T.S. Eliot”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Getting back into reading feels like stepping inside the house of a beloved friend she hasn’t seen for a long time. It feels like coming home.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“From one lone star to another—never forget that you are part of a constellation.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Because as transporting as books can be, there is a big world out there that cannot be fully contained within the pages of a book. The real magic of books is when turning the final page doesn’t mean an ending but a beginning—a beginning that only you can write. When a book sends you to a place you’ve never been or encourages you to do something new or simply to live with a little more empathy or curiosity because of the characters you have met.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“His eyes meet hers”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Bookshops aren’t just bookshops. They’re places for book lovers to come together, like-minded souls meeting among the stacks. They’re hubs of the community and the arena for heated conversations about the latest must-read series. They’re safe places to step in out of the rain, no matter who you are.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Tilly has always thought of bookshops as a gathering place: all those books lined up neatly on the shelves like potential friends she just hasn’t met yet.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“People are always telling Alfie that he has the best job in the world. But what they think being a bookseller entails—reading all day—and what it actually involves are quite different. They’d be surprised by just how much heavy lifting and dusting is involved.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“I’ve come to realize that of course I wasn’t alone. There were lots of us out there. Which is where the inspiration for the book cover came from. I came to think of other people like me as stars in space”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Crying like that had emptied her out completely. But maybe she needed to feel empty so that this moment could fill her right back up again.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Maybe this is what books do”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Mouse, Don’t Give Up”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Books transport us and yet keep us rooted at the same time”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“there are people carrying their own losses”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You

“Some days the fragility of life and the knowledge that we will all lose people we love feels too much to bear. But on other days, it feels like a precious, remarkable gift. And thinking of Joe makes her determined to live her one life well—to make it one filled with books, adventures, and love.”
― Libby Page, This Book Made Me Think of You