Britton

“All the world's diseases—and all the remedies—were concealed between the covers of books. That in books you found betrayal, solitude, murder, madness, rage—everything that could grab you by the throat and ruin your life, not to mention others' lives, and that sometimes crying over printed pages could save a person's life.”
― Christine Féret-Fleury, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

“That time always ends a second before you’re ready.

That life is the minutes you want minus one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“It takes a little of everything to create a world,' he said placidly. 'Even a world of books.”
― Christine Féret-Fleury, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro

“The story of the world as she knew it was one big rumor that some people had taken the trouble to set down in writing, and which would continue to evolve, again and again, until the end.”
― Christine Féret-Fleury, The Girl Who Reads on the Métro