Rebecca Raisin Quotes

#1. This particular book felt familiar, like an old friend. The characters drew me into their world, and I blocked out mine for the rest of the afternoon.

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#2. At least books could never let you down.

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#3. Ernest Hemingway quote, 'There is no friend as loyal as a book.

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#4. There's a certain pull books have on a person if they listen hard enough.

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#5. Cherishables," I agreed. "Lovely little finds that have tiny value but lots of heart. Tea tins, picture frames, old perfume bottles. Half the fun is finding them, and the other half imagining where they came from.

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#6. Time cleaning was less time reading, so I usually just did the minimal amount, and left it for another day, a day that would never come.

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#7. My life is too lonely without fictional people crowding my mind.

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#8. Maybe some people were destined to be alone. But, I reminded myself, you're never alone if you read.

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#9. My books have taken me around the world, but it's time I stepped from the pages, so I can see it for myself

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#10. It was easier to hide behind the cover of my books, and I found happiness there.

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#11. My maman said I was an old soul, caught up in a past life, which I'd never been able to shake, from the way I dressed, to my shop, and my dreamy obsession with the past. Maybe she was right. Perhaps that's why I found the loosening of traditions so heartbreaking. It

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#12. I wasn't lonely. I was just minus a plus one. I was never good at maths, anyway.

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#13. Though my theory was books chose us, and not the other way around.

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#14. My to-be-read pile sadly would most likely outlive me - though I tried valiantly to catch up with it, I'd never get there. The allure of new books, new writers, characters who beckoned to me would never wane.

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