Ruth

“the fact that I really need a professional declutterer, or at least a book on decluttering from the library, unless they've decluttered the library too and have no books anymore”
― Lucy Ellmann, Ducks, Newburyport

“Everything people say about whales is a lie. Because everything they say comes from a book. But whales don't live in books, they live in the ocean.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters

“Reading books will doom you to a life of fear and shame.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters

“While she studied, he lay down and read Demons by Dostoyevsky. It was a big book, and a boring one. ’Is that fun to read?” she asked. “The characters have really long names. For instance, the main character’s mother is Varvara Petrovna Stavrogina, and his tutor is Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky. Each time a new person appears, it takes well over a line just to say their name. So, no, it’s not that fun. Not with this many names to remember.”
― Un-su Kim, The Plotters