Morgan

“He had learned from experience that what he succeeded in putting down on paper was only ever a pale reflection of what he had imagined, and so he had come to accept that this would only be half as good as the original, half as acceptable as the flawless, unachievable novel that had acted as a guide, and which he imagined pulsating mockingly behind each book like some ghostly presence.”
― Felix J. Palma, The Map of Time - Street Smart

“There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.”
― Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

“She did not especially appreciate children either, but could be kind to them when they were silent.”
― Gordon Dahlquist, The Dark Volume

“Used to all kinds of society, she watched people as one reads the pages of a novel, with a certain disinterested amusement.”
― D.H. Lawrence, The Plumed Serpent