Kathryn

“He had altered his method of matching books to readers. He often asked, "How would you like to feel when you go to sleep?" Most of his customers wanted to feel light and safe.

He asked others to tell him about their favorite things. Cooks loved their knives. Estate agents loved the jangle made by a bunch of keys. Dentists loved the flicker of fear in their patients' eyes; Perdu had guessed as much.

Most often he asked, "How should the book taste? Of ice cream? Spicy, meaty? Or like a chilled rose?" Food and books were closely related. He discovered this in Sanary, and it earned him the nickname "the book epicure.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“A good book, when we return to it, will always have something new to say. It's not the same book, and we're not the same reader”
― Anne Bogel, I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

“You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.”
― Jojo Moyes, Me Before You

“Abandon perfection
Welcome reflection
Nurture connection
Offer protection”
― Emilie Richards, No River Too Wide