August Neeley

“The patron god of the library is the one who needs it, who claims the necessity of a place of stories and souls and is willing to build it. Sometimes that's the librarians and curators, sometimes that's the storytellers, but sometimes? Sometimes it's just you. You, the reader, who found your wild and winding way to the pages. You have a library inside you, do you not? Stories, told and untold. That is the power of gods.”
― A.J. Hackwith, The God of Lost Words

“The Fall of the House of Usher' is a fair primer on what not to do with children.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

“Claire lived by the firm moral philosophy that one could never have too many pockets, too many books, or too much tea.”
― A.J. Hackwith, The Library of the Unwritten

“You only lose what you cling to.”
― Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon