Carla

“No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“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.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“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”
― Tracy Holczer, The Secret Hum of a Daisy

“Pimps make the best librarians. Psycho killers, the worst. Ditto con men. Gangsters, gunrunners, bank robbers- adept at crowd control, at collaborating with a small staff, at planning with deliberation and executing with contained fury- all possess the librarian's basic skill set.”
― Avi Steinberg, Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian