“Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“sometimes I think our entire lives are dreams that we finally understand only when they are about to end.”
― The Wild Date Palm
― The Wild Date Palm
“music has this great way of taking you back somewhere at the same time that it takes you forward, so you feel nostalgic and hopeful all at the same time.”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.”
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
― The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
“And they listened with hearts instead of ears,”
― Still Life
― Still Life
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