Lexivore

“Fools admire everything in an author of reputation. For my part, I read only to please myself. I like only that which serves my purpose.”
― Voltaire, Candide

“Libraries had a scent that nothing else did. Was it simply the intermingling smells of old pages, dust, adhesive, and ink? Or did the stories have a scent of their own? If you took papers and book glue and ink and mixed them together, would it smell the same?”
― Mike Omer, Thicker than Blood

“She needed to tell him that she’d looked at his latest piece of writing too, that she didn’t like it, all the to-ing and fro-ing, all that jumping around in the timeline. Like the last one, the awful crime thing. Just start at the beginning, for God’s sake.”
― Paula Hawkins, A Slow Fire Burning

“This building is reserved for low-income individuals earning seventy grand a year or less.” Eve was stunned. “That’s poverty wage in Santa Monica?” “And all of Los Angeles County,” Gus said. Duncan looked at Eve. “That’s insane. Give me one good reason why anybody lives in Southern California?” “In-N-Out Burger.”
― Lee Goldberg, Gated Prey