Paige

“They say people get fat when they’re happy so she must be delirious.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Freckles

“Fay shrugs. ‘I will only say that you should give it a chance. What you bring to a book, meaning your particular experience of life, well, it can change everything. Two people reading the same book will have different perceptions – perhaps not hugely different, but they will have them, nonetheless.”
― Amanda James, The Midnight Bookshop

“That’s all very nice, but in the end, the truth doesn’t help, because we all have our own version of the truth, don’t we? You have to trust in your beliefs, your imagination, and most of all, your love of a good story and how they enrich our lives. A happy life well lived is our ultimate goal, after all … and in the end, nothing else matters.”
― Amanda James, The Midnight Bookshop

“It’s the unique picture of the story that our imagination presents to each of us. It belongs only to us. The author could have done a wonderful job of describing something, setting the scene, letting us see what they see, but what we actually see is for our eyes only.”
― Amanda James, The Midnight Bookshop