Michelle

“She who had been taken and taken and taken. And now the one time she took for herself, the one time she had choice in the matter, it was taken away.”
― Chris Abani, Becoming Abigail

“Abigail read in Reader’s Digest that all plane landings were controlled crashes.”
― Chris Abani, Becoming Abigail

“Abigail read in Reader’s Digest that all plane landings were controlled crashes. Like the way we live our lives, she thought. Bumble through doing the best we can and hoping that some benevolence keeps us from crashing.”
― Chris Abani, Becoming Abigail

“A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― E.B. White