Michelle Adamo #EmptyNestReader

“Life, Virgil had said, was a good deal about discouragement and fear, and the soul, which was the true heart of humankind whether you looked at it Christian or otherwise, needed a good deal of comforting some way or other if it was expected to soldier on.”
― Laird Hunt, Zorrie

“Parking determines the design of new buildings and the fate of old ones, patterns of traffic and the viability of transit, neighborhood politics and municipal finance, the quality of public space, and even the course of floodwaters.”
― Henry Grabar

“The constant warring between the FBI and NYPD only added to the tension, and New Yorkers were naturally a pain in the ass."
Central Park West”
― James Comey

“We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps most importantly, to make us more fully human.”
― Shannon Reed, Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out