Amanda Jane Drinken

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“People talk about books being an escape, but here on the tube, this one feels more like a lifeline...The motion of the train makes her head rattle, but her eyes lock on the words the way a figure skater might choose a focal point as she spins, and just like that, she's grounded again.”
― Jennifer E. Smith, The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight

“I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, The Words: The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre

“I thought... that we could at least talk about books.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince