Dawn Shaver

“I once read that every story is a love story. Love of a person, a country, a way of life. Which means, of course, that all tragedies are about losing what you love.”
― Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways

“We're bookmates," she said, in the decisive tone one would assert "the sky is blue," or "Paris is the best city in the world." I was skeptical about soulmates, but could believe in bookmates, two beings bound by a passion for reading.”
― Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library

“Be grateful for what people tell you, when they’re ready to talk. Try to accept their limits, and understand that their limits usually have nothing to do with you.”
― Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library

“Yes, it is. Some people would find it frightfully dull to be the daughter of the parson at Chevis Green.” “But we don’t,” cried Liz. “That’s exactly what I mean. It’s in you from the beginning. Either there’s this mysterious thing in you that makes you happy—that makes you interested in everything and interesting to yourself—or else there isn’t, and you’re dull and dreary and discontented.”
― D.E. Stevenson, The Four Graces