Gaby Ramos

“There was often a great deal of grown-up fuss that seemed disproportionate to causes.”
― John Wyndham, The Chrysalids

“After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this:
A man walking fast down a dark lonely street. Quick steps and hard breathing, all wonder and need. A bell above a door and the tinkle it makes. A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men