Blog of Books

The reality of love is better than its reputation.

She drank from life as if it were champagne...

Remain silent about the dead, and they'll never leave you in peace.

I can only breathe if I read

Books keep stupidity at bay. And vain hopes. And vain men. They undress you with love, strength, and knowledge. It's love from within.

Books keep stupidity at bay.

Surrender to the treasure of books instead of entering into pointless relationships with men, who neglect you anyway, or going on crazy diets because you're not thin enough for one man and not stupid enough for the next.

"This big ol' world and we only get to go through it once. The saddest thing there is, if you ask me."

There was never enough of her. He could never love her the way he wanted to. Full. A full love that would scare her.

This was his gift, a short memory.  A long memory could drive a man crazy.

The key to staying lost was to never love anything.

Love that doesn't include honesty doesn't deserve to be called love.

All men are created equal, unless we decide you are not a man.

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all.

When he grinned it was the moon shining down on her, a presence in the sky blessing her.

“Choice is a rich person’s world...”