“I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple.”
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“It was the same thing I loved about working in the library. On the outside, it was a place of whispers and stillness. But inside -- Oh, what marvelous depths there were to explore.”
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
“I clutched the book to my chest in sudden, heart-wrenching sadness. Not because of the people we'd lost and would continue to lose, but because even with that loss on every horizon, life still called to me.”
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
― The Lonely Hearts Book Club
“Not all stories speak to all listeners, but all listeners can find a story that does, somewhere, sometime. In one form or another.”
― The Starless Sea
― The Starless Sea
“Libraries are a cornerstone of democracy—where information is free and equally available to everyone. People tend to take that for granted, and they don’t realize what is at stake when that is put at risk.”
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Kelli’s 2025 Year in Books
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