Lori

“All sons should write down every word of what their fathers have to say to them. I tried. Why did it take an illness for me to recognize the value of time with him? It seems we humans never learn. And so we relearn the lesson every generation and then want to write epistles. We proselytize to our friends and shake them by the shoulders and tell them, “Seize the day! What matters is this moment!”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“Live donor transplant will overcome both the problem of organ shortage and the problem of cadaver livers that are damaged because it has taken too long to get consent and too long to remove the organ and get it to where it needs to be. Live donor liver transplant is the inevitable and necessary next step.’ ”
― Abraham Verghese, Cutting for Stone

“In the case of Rebecca, she wondered if it was “the one book to read before you get married in case you discover his ex-wife is going to haunt you and the housekeeper is going to be a right bitch through your whole marriage and maybe you can’t trust your new hubby either.”
― Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List

“library without members is a cemetery of books,” Miss Reeder said. “Books are like people; without contact, they cease to exist.”
― Janet Skeslien Charles, The Paris Library