The Book Lender

“We’ll come back,” said Papa.
“I know,” said Anna... “But it won’t be the same - we won’t belong. Do you think we’ll ever really belong anywhere?”
“I suppose not,” said Papa. “Not the way people belong who have lived in one place all their lives. But we’ll belong a little in lots of places, and I think that may be just as good.”
― Judith Kerr, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

“On July 13, 1994, Lint had a near-death experience, followed immediately by death.”
― Steve Aylett

“Wisdom may be rented...on the experience of other people, but we buy it at an inordinate price before we make it our own forever.”
― Robertson Davies, The Salterton Trilogy: Tempest-Tost / Leaven of Malice / A Mixture of Frailties

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time