A person with no books is inconsequential in a modern setting,Walter Mosley, The Long Fall (Leonid McGill, #1)
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A gentleman’s veneer
The sophistication of a gentleman is always a veneer.Count Dracula - Dracula (2020)
Howard My Dear Friend
"I don’t move. I wait behind my log, terrified. Over the past ten minutes, it’s become such a dear friend, I consider naming it: Howard, my pet log."The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Packs a Punch
"She shows him the needle used for the shot to numb him. It’s very tiny, hardly wider than a human hair. Like a mosquito bite, the doctor says. A mosquito that must be the size of a bird bites down hard on the back of his neck."The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
Some choices are Easy to Make
He said: “books or me” I sometimes remember him when I’m buying new books. Amanda Patterson
High School Girls & Hospital Cancer Wards
Hope is for High School girls with crushes and hospital cancer wardsMalcom Danvers, Bitten
The Local Psychopath
Gossip
All literature is gossip.Truman Capote
Praises
I was praised to be charming, not sincere.Cinderella’s Prince (Chris Pine) in Into The Woods
A weapon is a weapon
You brought roots to a sword fight.Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) in Sleepy Hollow
Worn Out Spines 