Angie

“When I read these books, I no longer felt like I was confined to a very tiny world. I no longer felt housebound and bedbound. Really, I told myself, I was just brainbound. And this was not such a sorry state of affairs. My brain, with a little help from other people's brains, could take me to some pretty interesting places, and create all kinds of wonderful things. Despite its faults, my brain, I decided, was not the worst place in the world to be.”
― Gavin Extence, The Universe Versus Alex Woods

“We want books that are written for those of us who doubt everything, who cry over the least little thing, who are startled by the slightest noise.”
― Laurence Cossé, A Novel Bookstore

“Don't make me angry-kiss you.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

“The stories had become a part of her by then; they stuck to her bones like a good meal, bloomed inside of her like a garden. They were as deep and meaningful as any other trait Dad had passed along to her: her blue eyes, her straw-colored hair, the sprinkling of freckles across her nose.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight