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“Sometimes bravery is just getting on with things.”
― Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus
― Fizzlebert Stump: The Boy Who Ran Away from the Circus
“His elegant librarianship ... made me appreciate how order is created: Not through grand schemes - to which I was often drawn - but by small graceful actions, repeated often and refined with time.”
― Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
― Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian
“Sometimes you see what you want to see because it fits the picture you already have in your head. It's hard to let go of those old pictures and see things as they are" -Mrs. Greene”
― The Secret Hum of a Daisy
― The Secret Hum of a Daisy
“It took me a while to see that the contrast between the racism directed at Billie and the compassion offered to addicted white stars like Judy Garland was not some weird misfiring of the drug war—it was part of the point.”
― Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
― Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs
“I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.”
― Me Before You
― Me Before You
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