Ruth

“If there's a single lesson that life teaches us, it's that wishing doesn't make it so.”
― Lev Grossman, The Magicians

“I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.”
― Douglas Coupland

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
― Joseph Joubert

“Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a fascination, an absurdity, a fate. It is not a hobby. Those who do it must do it. Those who do not do it, think of it as a cousin of stamp collecting, a sister of the trophy cabinet, bastard of a sound bank account and a weak mind.”
― Jeanette Winterson