" Her father, indulgent in his concern, had opened his library to her, and at last she could read to her heart's content. In all, these past few weeks had been some of the most peaceable of her life. She had the sense of existing inside a fragile pause, a moment of grace. "

― Helene Wecker , The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)