Lori

“When an old person dies,” Kent said, “even if that person is wonderful, he or she is still somewhat ready, and so are the people who loved them. They’re like old trees, whose roots have loosened in the ground. They fall gently. But when someone like your aunt Sylvie dies—before her time—her roots get pulled out and the ground is ripped up. Everyone nearby is in danger of being knocked”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

“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

“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

“the world was not a rancid bag of garbage. At least, it wasn’t just that. There was happiness, too.”
― Jennifer Weiner, The Summer Place