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‘The drive, the insistent need to find and collect books, was everything she was. But once she had them all, what would she do with them?’

I know it’s not about literal *books*, but I relate to this a bit too intensely.

‘She existed, and she searched for books. She had an insatiable hunger for the books, a hole inside her that could only be filled by acquiring more of them. Sometimes, when she had to, she ate and she slept, but eating in particular was a chore to her.’

‘It was a natural, easy friendship, the type that comes out of nowhere and changes your life.’

“A good story is just as good the second time around.”