Alisa

“I had enjoyed something that did not belong to me, you see. When it was taken away, I was disappointed but not harmed.”
― Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day

“To leave the apple unpicked—that was sin.”
― Mary Doria Russell, Dreamers of the Day

“People like to say that time heals all wounds, and I think that is very nice but not entirely true: time does heal most things to some extent, and love gently tends the parts that still hurt.”
― Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

“Mr. O'Donnell was at the library counter, performing the sort of grim rituals librarians perform with index cards and stumpy pencils and those rubber stamps with columns of rotating numbers. "Ms. Auerbach! What will it be today? Camus? Cervantes?" "Actually I'm looking for a book of poetry by Emily Dickinson"

He paused somberly, toying with the twirled tip of his mustache. No matter how seriously librarians are engaged in their work, they are always glad to be interrupted when the theme is books. It makes no difference to them how simple the search is or how behind on time either of you might be running - they consider all queries scrupulously. They love to have their knowledge tested. They lie in wait, they will not be rushed.”
― Hilary Thayer Hamann, Anthropology of an American Girl