“I couldn’t explain it, not even to myself, but books gave me an unflinching sense of stability and groundedness. That because words survived, somehow I would too.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“If you tilt your head,’ he told me once, ‘you can hear the older books whispering their secrets.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“No one is coming to save you. People don’t suddenly change, say they’re sorry and begin to treat you with respect. They are a jumble of hurt and pain and they will take it out on whomever they can.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“there was a young woman who came to the library, miles away from her true home. She read a story about a girl who had come to a fork in the road and was so afraid of making the wrong decision that she stayed where she was, huddled in the hollow of a tree. After several days, an old woman came along and told her a riddle. She asked, ‘What is something you create, even if you do nothing?’ The answer was a choice. Choosing not to do something was still a choice.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“Some things are meant to be flawed. Therein lies beauty.”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
Noha’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Noha’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Biography, Business, Crime, History, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science, Science fiction, and Thriller
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