Tracy Ward

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― Andre Gide

“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves