Melissa

“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“The thought came to me that perhaps it is the loving that counts, not the being loved in return - that perhaps true loving can never know anything but happiness.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility