Howard Cruz

“Certainly, if we live in the past, we will be depressed. If we live in the future, we are guaranteed anxiety. Now is always fast and new. Like any practice, it's not about technique or program. It's a decision.”
― Gregory Boyle, Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship

“Tall arched Windows filtered in light from all sides, while creepy winged gargoyles leared from the top, waiting for someone with a wand to bring them to life. Inside, thousands of visitors a day chose from among six million books, for their proof that books would survive catastrophic events alongside the roaches.”
― Julia Heaberlin, Playing Dead

“Genuine as it might be," Moshe said, "too much sympathy can start to seem like pity, which only makes the grief more depressing.”
― Dean Koontz, The Silent Corner

“I buy a book. Surrounded by so many, it would seem rude not to. It's a story written in 1958. I've read it before, but it brings a curious sense of comfort to slip it inside my bag. As I leave the shop, and the world of fiction behind, it feels as if I'm taking a little of the fantasy with me. A talisman made of paper and words to help ward off reality.”
― Alice Feeney, I Know Who You Are