Chris

“I woke up thinking a very pleasant thought. There is lots left in the world to read.”
― Nicholson Baker, The Anthologist

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Where we are from... [s]tories are factual. If a farmer is declared a music virtuoso by the state, everyone had better start calling him maestro. And secretly, he'd be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.”
― Adam Johnson, The Orphan Master's Son

“Don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. That kind of fear kills you without you realizing. Like bleeding inside.”
― Lindsay Jayne Ashford, The Snow Gypsy