Rachel

“Do you enjoy reading, Lady Sarah?” he asked.
“Very much,” she answered. “Sentimental novels are my favorite, though I’m not supposed to say so.”
“Why not?” he wondered with genuine surprise.
“Because they aren’t edifying or educational. Because they teach me to expect things out of life that aren’t really possible.”
He made a scoffing sound. “Rubbish. Not the books, but those opinions. There’s nothing wrong with a little escape. And there’s certainly nothing at fault with teaching someone how to hope for a better life.”
― Eva Leigh, Temptations of a Wallflower

“The best way to know someone was to look at their library.”
― Eva Leigh, Scandal Takes the Stage

“Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.”
― Malala Yousafzai, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

“All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate…I choose love.”
― Johnny Cash