My mother laughs, and I think about how there was no going back after I took over caring for the family when I was eleven. How I will always have to protect her.
“You’ve never even stayed over at my place—” he says. “My mattress is objectively better!” I researched it for nine and a half months before buying it.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“For all those caught in the flames, remember that the hottest fires forge the strongest swords.”
― Heat of the Everflame
― Heat of the Everflame
“His huge shoulders lift. “Northern winters certainly weren’t.” “Sure,” I say. I’m personally pro-season—but it’s a familiar complaint.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“This kind of store is always the result of someone’s dream, and as with most dreams, it appears to be dying a slow, painful death.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“She doesn’t even read the jacket copy, preferring to go in without any preconceived notions. Probably why she’s been known to throw books across the room.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
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