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“Bookshelves! That was the most perfect thing anyone had ever offered her. Better than jewels or a feast or a palace.”

“I can't lose books; I'd lose me.”

“If everyone living failed her, whenever they did, she had all the immortal voices caught in pages.”

“So, tell me what's a weed and what isn't.”
“There's no such thing as a weed. That's a cruel term made up by people who label some plants as 'unwanted' and some as 'valuable,' as if the worth of a living thing is measured by how useful it is to another living thing. As if a plant can't have its own intrinsic worth.”

“It wasn't that she didn't like people. It was only that she liked books more. They didn't fuss or judge or mock or reject. They invited you in, fluffed up the pillows on the couch, offered you tea and toast, and shared their hearts with no expectation that you'd do anything more than absorb what they had to give.”