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The Library of Lost Things

Laura Taylor Namey

Top 10 Best Quotes

“I've never considered any book, especially a novel or work of literature, something you should 'plow through.' The whole point of reading is savor ing the story, immersing your self in a whole new place. Maybe one that doesn't even exist.”

“Holding a real book is like holding something alive. There’s the grit of the pages between your fingers as you turn them. The edges get soft and worn. With a real book, you feel the weight of the story more.”

“Speed-reading just squashes the whole experience. You miss detail and pacing, and everything the author intended you to feel in the first place.”

“It was the small time between sunset and evening when the sky turned the color of crushed plums, bruised from the wounds of another day.”

“Sometimes you need to do more for yourself than just manage.”

“let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.’” —Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter”

“cinnamon bagel with cream cheese”

“You're part of a different dream.”

“You're like all the places I want to fly to”

“Wisps of her kohl pencil drew guidelines around each brow.”

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Book Keywords:

descriptive-imagery, love, realize, in-love, nature

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