Amanda Devianty

“Wicked people never have time for reading. It's one of the reasons for their wickedness.”
― Lemony Snicket

“A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books...”
― Richard Wright, Black Boy

“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living