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Iris didn’t read books, she lived them, and everything she knew about the world, which wasn’t much, she had learned through them.


“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”
― Tuesdays With Morrie
― Tuesdays With Morrie

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I just â€� I wanted you to understand. I wanted you to see what a balm love is. What it is to share one’s life, to really share it, so that very little matters outside the certainty of its walls. Because the world is very noisy, Elodie, and although life is filled with joy and wonder, there’s evil and sorrow and injustice, too.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
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