Andra

“Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired well before I set foot in any history class. They came from Margaret Mitchell, from Anya Seton, from M.M. Kaye, and a host of other authors, in their crackly plastic library bindings. Whether historians acknowledge it or not, scholarly history’s illegitimate cousin, the historical novel, plays a profound role in shaping widely held conceptions of historical realities.”
― Lauren Willig

“With Ash, I don't want to protect her out of obligation or sense of duty. With Ash, I want to take care of her, protect her, because the thought of anything happening to her wrenches something deep inside my core.”
― Cole Gibsen, Written on my Heart

“I am a citizen of the world.”
― Sylvia Beach

“Very few of us are what we seem.”
― Agatha Christie, The Man in the Mist