Haley Parchman > Haley's Quotes

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

“Sleep is good, he said, and books are better.”
― George R. R. Martin

“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.”
― Joseph Brodsky

“A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

“She read books as one would breathe air, to fill up and live.”
― Annie Dillard, The Living

“Take a good book to bed with you—books do not snore.”
― Thea Dorn

“As always, one of her books was next to her.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.”
― David Levithan, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“If your library is not "unsafe," it probably isn't doing its job.”
― John Berry

“My brother loves you, Lily. He loves you so much. You have changed his entire life and have made him someone that I never thought he could be. As his sister, I wish more than anything that you find a way to forgive him. But as your best friend, I have to tell you that if you take him back, I will never speak to you again.”

It takes a moment for her words to register, but when they do, I start sobbing.

She starts sobbing.

She wraps her arms around me and we cry over the mutual love we have for Ryle. We cry over how much we hate him right now.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us