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"Librarians and booksellers are quiet superheroes." - Lauren Groff

When the world is wild and inconsistent, sometimes simple and consistent are a comfort.

Such a wild terrible mess, the world is now. I am glad that I am not in it.

Who else is watching the new Ken Burns series on the Vietnam War? It's SO GOOD.

I believe that magically the book we are supposed to read somehow appears in our hands at just the right time.

Life is cruel... All one can do is tread on and make the best of it.

The joy of fiction is that, in the right hands, anything is possible.

It's great to remember that reading is my first love.

Writing is cheaper than therapy or drugs.

Some experiences are universal. Books are often far more than just books.

I am just one woman trying to make sense of this world we live in.

It is now difficult to experience a happy moment without at least a fleeting thought about how the happy moment will play on social media.

It seems as though the happiness industry is almost manufacturing a culture of anxiety, trapping us in a self-feeding loop of self-doubt.

There's some damn lousy people in this outfit, so don't you trust the one of them.

The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.

It's the oldest question of all, George. Who can spy on the spies?

I have no desire to travel. I read. That's my form of travel.

I hated gym... Being in gym class made me feel like I was trapped in Lord of the Flies.

Two of life's greatest treasures, by my reckoning, are camping and reading -- most gloriously, both at once.

Every period has its virtues, even a time of turmoil.

A king fortifies himself with a castle, a gentleman with a desk.

All poetry is a call to action.

The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone.

Teachers ... That is our greatest need. Leaders. Someone to unite and guide us.

When a person knows and can't make the others understand, what does he do?

Maybe when people longed for a thing that bad the longing made them trust in anything that might give it to them.

Really enjoying this.

I've reached that magical point at which I don't want to do anything else but read this book.

Hey, has anyone else's Reading Challenge been wiped out to zero? What fresh hell is this?