“I like to bet on myself whenever I can. But usually with other people’s money.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Nikolai had been told that hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“A good bookstore,” Charlie says, “is like an airport where you don’t have to take your shoes off.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“She wonders whether what comes next could ever live up to the expectations. She doesn’t know. You never can. She turns the page anyway.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
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