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21 " A friend said she believes that in reading stories set in World War II, people like to ask themselves what they would have done. I think a better question to ask is what can we do now to ensure that libraries and learning are accessible to all and that we treat people with dignity and compassion. "
― Janet Skeslien Charles , The Paris Library
22 " You're nothing without principles. Nowhere without ideals. No one without courage. "
23 " First because I was happy to have read it. Second because the story was so moving. Third because I’ll never again experience the discovery of it. "
24 " It’s important to remember how hard it is to ask for help,” she reminded me. “Never be impatient; all questions have value. "
25 " People don’t always know what to do or say. Try not to hold that against them; you never know what’s in their heart. "
26 " We're bookmates," she said, in the decisive tone one would assert "the sky is blue," or "Paris is the best city in the world." I was skeptical about soulmates, but could believe in bookmates, two beings bound by a passion for reading. "
27 " Your father’s old, he won’t change. And dogs don’t have kittens, so you’re as stubborn as he. The only thing you can change is the way you see him. "
28 " Love is like the sea. It’s a moving thing, but still and all, it takes shape from the shore it meets, and it’s different with every shore. "
29 " Each person is responsible for their actions.” “Generally, I’d agree,” she said, “but not in this case. The stakes were too high. I put Margaret in danger. I never breathed a word of this to anyone, not even Buck.” She looked me straight in the eye. “But I’m telling you because I don’t want you to make the same mistake. Control your jealousy, or it will control you. "
30 " You made it through a war; I can't even make it through Junior High. "
31 " It was why I read - to glimpse other lives. "
32 " Sometimes, when people have gone through tough times, or been betrayed, the only way for them to survive is to cut off the person who hurt them. "
33 " Jane Austen’s. Though the authoress wrote in the nineteenth century, the situation for many of today’s women remained the same: futures determined by whom they married. "
34 " I remembered was: “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul. "
35 " Like book covers, some leather, some cloth, each Parisian door led to an unexpected world. "
36 " Without toi, there’s no moi. "
37 " But seriously, why books. Because no other thing possesses that mystical faculty to make people see with other people’s eyes. The Library is a bridge of books between cultures. "
38 " Kissing was the prologue of a marvelous book, one I wanted to read until the end. "
39 " Try to accept people for who they are, not who you want them to be.’ "
40 " line from Bridge to Terabithia: “Life was as delicate as a dandelion. One little puff from any direction, and it was blown to bits.” As "