Author: Megan Filipowski

“Y. That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over.” Marjorie Celona

“Books may well be the only true magic.” Alice Hoffman

“Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can’t stop, and you’ve got so many stories to look forward to.” Benedict Cumberbatch

“Books are both our luxuries and our daily bread.” Henry Stevens

“If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” Will Rogers

“I liked being with the books: they reminded me of how many ways of thinking existed outside my own – how small and fleeting my pulse was when set alongside those aging spines.” Joanna Rossiter, “The Sea Change”

“Tough choices face the biblioholic at every step of the way – like choosing between reading and eating, between buying new clothes and buying books, between a reasonable lifestyle and one of penurious but masochistic happiness lived out in the wallow of excess.” Tom Raabe

“A book…it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for awhile.” Patrick Ness, “More Than This”

“I like beginnings because they’re so full of promise. The first page of a book, the first day of a job, the first time you buy yourself flowers, the first date with a new man, the first touch, the first kiss, the first kick of a good liquor, the first moment you hold your own […]

“No one can take writing away from you, but no one can give it to you either.” Meg Wolitzer