Val

“I always think of books being tougher in a sense, in that you’ve got to sit down and you’ve got to do a little bit of work, but the rewards are so great. When a book opens up to you, it is you and that book, and there’s something really special about that - that you’re reading words and you go beyond the mechanics of words and turning pages. It’s always that nice thing when you’re turning pages and you don’t even realise it. That’s what I’ve always loved about books and that’s why I think they’ll never disappear from our lives.”
― Markus Zusak

“It’s not fair. People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.”
― Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“To know what a person has done, and to know who a person is, are very different things.”
― Hannah Kent, Burial Rites

“But some things you can't outrun, no matter how fast you move your legs.”
― Kimberly McCreight, Reconstructing Amelia