Linnea's Bookshelf

“The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.”
― Gillian Flynn, Sharp Objects

“Nina had looked around and realized she would never run out of things to read, and that certainty filled her with peace and satisfaction. It didn't matter what hit the fan; as long as there were unread books in the world, she would be fine.”
― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

“For days and days on end they could act like everything was normal, like they were on a lovely little adventure together. And then the reality of their situation would crash through the façade and they’d emerge like a straggle of pile-up survivors crawling from the wreckage.”
― Lisa Jewell, The Girls in the Garden

“If you're not scared, you're not brave.”
― Abbi Waxman, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill