Shawna

“Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Sugar Queen

“The minute you get a religion you stop thinking. Believe in one thing too much and you have no room for new ideas.”
― Ray Bradbury, The October Country

“There is a cruelty that lurks in some men’s souls which is only released when they have other men in their power.”
― Morgan Llywelyn, 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War

“Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits”
― Morgan Llywelyn, Bard: The Odyssey of the Irish