Bethany

“A librarian remembers the particular scent of glue and dust, and if we’re so lucky—and I was—the smell of parchment, a quiet tanginess, softer than wood pulp or cotton rag. We would bury ourselves in books until flesh and paper became one and ink and blood at last ran together.”
― Erika Swyler, The Book of Speculation

“In literature, as in life, sometimes there are no right answers.”
― Joanna Rakoff, My Salinger Year: A Memoir

“Each of us is a museum that opens for business the moment we’re born, with memory the sole curator. How could a staff of one possibly stay abreast of all those holdings? No sooner does a moment occur than it’s relegated to the past, requiring that it be labeled, sorted, and filed into the appropriate cabinet.”
― Kate Bolick, Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.”
― George Gordon Byron