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“a book, a cup of tea, and no company; that was Cecilia’s idea of heaven.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“You are a scoundrel," she whispered furiously.

"Yes," he agreed. "I'm thinking of starting a Society of Gentlemen Scoundrels."

"You're millennia too late. It already exists and is called the patriarchy.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“I needed a book in case of emergencies."

"You mean like being attacked by foul-mouthed highwaymen?"

"No, I mean those moments when nothing important is happening, such as during travel. After supper. Before sleeping. Or whilst one's opponent reloads their gun.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“Don't ever trust a man who flies a ridiculously large building. He's obviously compensating.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“But that’s enough history for today. Come and learn how to kill someone with a teaspoon.”
― India Holton, The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“Nora.” He just barely smiles. “You’re in books. Of course you don’t have a life. None of us do. There’s always something too good to read.”
― Emily Henry, Book Lovers

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it wouldn't change the fact that they were upset. And even if somebody else has it much worse, that doesn't really change the fact that you have what you have.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“If you’ve loved someone your whole life, it kind of makes sense that you’d love them forever.”
― Annabel Monaghan, Same Time Next Summer

“I just like love stories, I guess. I like the way they paint the world in this Technicolor dreamland, where the only rule you have to follow is a happily ever after.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“Buying books always made me feel better, even if I never read them.
- Florence Day”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“I can't begin to express how much your book helped me. I could open it and get lost in your words, and in those moments, it felt like everything would be okay. So, thank you for giving me words when I didn't think there were any left. I hope you never stop giving the world your words.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“I think, as readers, we all have a comfort read, the one book that protects us in the exact ways it needs to—whether it is a romance or erotica or a thriller or a crime story or a fantasy. A book that we find ourselves in, like looking in a mirror. Oh, you, too? It will ask, as it fills that soft, hollow place in your heart that nothing else dared to touch. I think we all deserve a book like that, whatever yours is.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“I bought things when I was nervous. Mainly books but—I guess now I bought houseplants, too.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“Florence's dad said that the people we love are in the wind, and I believe it. I think that the people we love can be in the pages of books too.

I hope you find yourself in a book someday.
And I hope that book lives forever.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“I hope you find yourself in a book someday. And I hope that book lives forever.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“Buying books always make me feel better, even if I never read them.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“A book that we find ourselves in, like looking in a mirror. Oh, you, too? It will ask, as it fills that soft, hollow place in your heart that nothing else dared to touch. I think we all deserve a book like that, whatever yours is.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“But you’ll eat what I cook and I’ll listen to your stories, so we’re really just sharing what we love with each other.”
― Jenn McKinlay, Summer Reading

“Goodnight, Dax McGuire," I call to him."
Goodnight, Gemma McGuire," he calls back.
"Slip of the tongue?"
He shrugs and smiles. "Something like that.”
― Kate Robb, This Spells Love

“I fell in love all the time. Just... nobody fell in love with me back. Fiction really kind of was all I had in the romance department. But that wasn't a weakness. That was a strength. I had a theory that we gravitate toward the stories we need in life. Whatever we're longing for—adventure, excitement, emotion, connection—we turn to stories that help us find it. Whatever questions we're struggling with—sometimes ones so deep, we don't even really know we're asking them—we look for answers in stories.”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

“Logan nodded to confirm. "He's lost his mojo."
"It's not lost," Charlie said, rapping on his sternum with his knuckles. "I just can't find it."
"Yeah," Logan said. "That's what 'lost' means."
"Right," Charlie said, "I was thinking of the 'dead' meaning of 'lost'. Like, 'lost at sea' or 'I'm sorry for your loss'."
Logan shook his head and said, "Writers.”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

“Why do it, then?” she asks. “Why do something that’s probably going to hurt?” “Oh, doll,” he says, sounding for the first time like the much older—and perhaps wiser?—soul he actually is. “Because it hurts so much more not to.”
― Sarah Adler, Happy Medium

“And then, Rue, I met you. And you casually cracked my life into before and after you.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“Your damn mouth,” he murmured, “is the most obscenely lovely thing I’ve ever had the burden of seeing.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Not in Love

“But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?”
― Shannon Hale, Midnight in Austenland

“What’s your favorite book? Doubt colors my voice.

If you have a favorite, I don’t trust you. Any book lover has at least five they can name off the top of their head.”
― Lauren Asher, Collided

“I like that it feels like I can live as many lives as I want”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story