“ We sometimes reveal how ignorant or bored we were when we read a book by giving it 5-stars. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ There is comfort, even among strangers, when people find something they are equally passionate about. Joyce Rachelle
“ One morning you wake up with more life behind you than in front of you, not being able to understand how it’s happened. Fredrik Backman
“ To hell with what anyone thinks about your life, but you should know what you think about it. Abby Fabiaschi
“ At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life? Fredrik Backman
“ Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love. Janet Goodfriend
“ The face that greeted me, however, was far from welcoming, it was a miniature stick insect of a woman with wiry white hair and enormous glasses that emphasized her heavily wrinkled face. She blinked t… Suzanne Kelman
“ The ‘coons had enjoyed a real party, and my trashcan had been the piñata! They’d obviously indulged in an evening of feasting on our wares and then staggered off the property loaded up with our birdse… Suzanne Kelman
“ I soon forgot about my bedraggled appearance. Until, that is, an old man shuffled in and propped himself, hunched and wheezing, over the check-in desk. Karen asked him if he needed assistance. “No,” h… Suzanne Kelman
“ Anyone who met him today would say, *Soldier. Fighter.* They would want him on their team. As a mother she was willing to engage in pride over fear and to admit the possibility that his sacrifice was h… Lea Carpenter
