Paige

“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

“Folk in those stories had a lot of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding onto something. That there is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
― Amanda James, The Midnight Bookshop

“if you imagine and believe something might happen, then it can become a physical reality.”
― Amanda James, The Midnight Bookshop

“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