Hannah Alane

“No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one who cannot.”
― Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

“Never met such a Gorgon . . . I don't really know what a Gorgon is like, but I am quite sure that Lady Bracknell is one. In any case, she is a monster, without being a myth, which is rather unfair.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

“Lord, make me a blessing to someone today.”
― Jan Karon, At Home in Mitford

“Trust was accumulated quickly, due primarily to the brute strength of the man's gentleness, his thereness.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief