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“He's like a storybook spirit, a little djinn or something, except instead of air or water his element is imagination.”
― Robin Sloan, Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

“Stimulus: opera. Response: kill.”
― Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk

“Books are more than doctors, of course. Some novels are loving, lifelong companions; some give you a clip around the ear; others are friends who wrap you in warm towels when you've got those autumn blues. And some...well, some are pink candy floss that tingles in your brain for three seconds and leaves a blissful voice. Like a short, torrid love affair.”
― Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop

“When you are broken, you run. But you don't always run away. Sometimes, helplessly, you run towards.”
― Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk