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self-centred, egotistical thinking is the defining attribute of the addictive condition.
“Read, Eat, Love, Dream,”
― Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop
― Christmas at the Borrow a Bookshop
“She’s long ago given up wishing that she had a mother who felt things less keenly, who was able to contain her emotions, at least in front of the person who was suffering first-hand. Ever since she was a little girl, Viola had experienced everything twice: when it happened and then when she’d told her mother what happened. The second time was always worse because her mother’s reaction would always reignite Viola’s own pain and then she’d have the extra pain of her mother to contend with too.”
― The Patron Saint of Lost Souls: The bewitching novel of getting your heart's desire
― The Patron Saint of Lost Souls: The bewitching novel of getting your heart's desire
“For the true bookworm, life doesn’t really begin until you get hold of your first book. Until then – well, you’re just waiting, really. You don’t even know for what, at that stage – if you did, you would be making more noise about it and be less covered in court-shoe-shaped bruises. But it’s books.”
― Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
― Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading
“Those of us who have been deceived are made to feel stupid and embarrassed, although we have done nothing but have faith in someone who professed love.”
― The Bigamist: The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal
― The Bigamist: The True Story of a Husband's Ultimate Betrayal
“Confession: What I understand that They—most everyone, really—don’t, is that suicide isn’t an act of selfishness. Sometimes the hurt/pain/shame/loss is so much, so constant, and with no guarantee that it’ll ever dissolve, sometimes the cost/benefit analysis of life/death truly feels like it’ll only ever work out in in favour of death.”
― The Becoming of Noah Shaw
― The Becoming of Noah Shaw
The Perks Of Being A Book Addict
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