Laura

“Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?”
― Donna Tartt, The Goldfinch

“It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“Everyone develops a tolerance to happiness.”
― Daryl Gregory, Afterparty

“Howie wondered to himself why human beings had never developed the ability to shut their ears, as well as their eyes.”
― Paul Mathews, We Have Lost The Pelicans