Lucy

“Some people won't dog-ear the pages. Others won't place the book facedown, pages splayed. Some won't dare make a mark in the margin. Get over it. Books exist to impart their worlds to you, not to be beautiful objects to save for some other day. We implore you to fold, crack, and scribble on your books whenever the desire takes you. Underline the good bits, exclaim "YES!" and "NO!" in the margins. Invite others to inscribe and date the frontispiece. Draw pictures, jot down phone numbers and Web addresses, make journal entries, draft letters to friends or world leaders. Scribble down ideas for a novel of your own, sketch bridges you want to build, dresses you want to design. Stick postcards and pressed flowers between the pages.

When next you open the book, you'll be able to find the bits that made you think, laugh, and cry the first time around. And you'll remember that you picked up that coffee stain in the cafe where you also picked up that handsome waiter. Favorite books should be naked, faded, torn, their pages spilling out. Love them like a friend, or at least a favorite toy. Let them wrinkle and age along with you.”
― Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin

“It's always hard when you've known a person a long time and then you have to recognise that you have nothing left in common but your memories.”
― Eva Heller, Beim nächsten Mann wird alles anders

“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”
― Winnie the Pooh Cddisn 60863

“His dress told her nothing, but his face told her things which she was glad to know.”
― A.A. Milne, Once on a Time