Amy

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
― L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between

“There had been a time when words had been the only place he could find solace. No book ever lost patience with him or told him to sit still. When his tutors had thrown up their hands in frustration, it was the library that had taught Nikolai military history, strategy, chemistry, astronomy. Each spine had been an open door away whispering, Come in, come in. Here is the land you’ve never seen before. Here is a place to hide when you’re frightened, to play when you’re bored, to rest when the world seems unkind.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“There is no surer foundation for a beautiful friendship than a mutual taste in literature.”
― P.G. Wodehouse