Bessma Bader

“We read to know we're not alone.”
― William Nicholson, Shadowlands: A Play

“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
― Logan Pearsall Smith