Quim

“Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Complete Stories and Poems

“Books, indeed, were his sole luxuries”
― Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales

“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

“But I—the man from outside, the stranger passing by, see only—facts!”
― Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Mr. Quin