Status Updates From Haunting Jasmine

“For some people, reading means the difference between happiness and grief, hope and despair, life and death.”

“‘Books are more than commodities to sell. Books hold our culture, our past, other worlds, the antidote for sadness.’”

“No matter what goes on below, the moon still travels across the sky. Cities burn; wars rage; civilizations topple and disappear. Lonely women cry. And yet that damned moon keeps rising and falling. The water keeps flowing in the sea—and Robert keeps leaving without me.”