Lyndall Rae

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”
― Frederick Douglass

“Not that she’d admit it, and certainly not to Margot, but there was a small part of Elodie that looked forward to Alastair’s weeks in New York. She missed him, of course, but it was restful in some way knowing that for six whole nights she could stay at her own place, in her own bed, with her own books and her favourite teacup, without having to negotiate and explain herself.”
― Kate Morton, The Clockmaker's Daughter