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> [“Dark books say to us, “This isn’t about you. You are in fact alive and safe.” Yes, there’s an implicit and unavoidable warning, an edge of danger; these things happen, the books say. And yet, as bad as it gets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/dark-books-say-to-us-this-isn-t-about-you-you-are-in-fact-alive-and/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

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## More by Pamela Paul

> [“When I come home and look back through my Book of Books I see a personal narrative I didn’t recognize at the time. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/when-i-come-home-and-look-back-through-my-book-of-books-i-see-a/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“When I look through Bob, the actual stories between his mottled covers may have been written by others, but they belong to me now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/when-i-look-through-bob-the-actual-stories-between-his-mottled-covers/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“I went from escaping into books to extracting things from them, from being inspired by books to trying to do things that inspired me—many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/i-went-from-escaping-into-books-to-extracting-things-from-them-from/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“Choosing a book is so gratifying, it’s worth dragging out the process, starting even before finishing the current one. As the final chapters approach,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/choosing-a-book-is-so-gratifying-it-s-worth-dragging-out-the-process/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“At this point, there is no human way that I could read even those books I've deliberately marked as absolute must-reads. \[ . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/at-this-point-there-is-no-human-way-that-i-could-read-even-those/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“At the office I worked in before that, my required all employees to take a personality test that divided us neatly into one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/at-the-office-i-worked-in-before-that-my-required-all-employees-to/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“For a girl who often felt like she lived more in the cozy world of books than in the unforgiving world of the playground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/for-a-girl-who-often-felt-like-she-lived-more-in-the-cozy-world-of/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“To whom do books belong? The books we read and the books we write are both ours and not ours. They're also theirs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/to-whom-do-books-belong-the-books-we-read-and-the-books-we-write-are/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“All of us are writers reading other people's writing, turning pages or clicking to the next screen with pleasure and admiration. All of us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/all-of-us-are-writers-reading-other-people-s-writing-turning-pages-or/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“Whenever one of us introduced an old favorite, we savored the other's first delight like a shared meal eaten with a newly acquired gusto,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/whenever-one-of-us-introduced-an-old-favorite-we-savored-the-other-s/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“This is every reader's catch-22: the more you read, the more you realize you haven't read; the more you yearn to read more, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/this-is-every-reader-s-catch-22-the-more-you-read-the-more-you/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“To quote Virginia Woolf, “If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/to-quote-virginia-woolf-if-we-could-banish-all-such-preconceptions/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“You should read this book’ almost never simply means you should read this book. It is usually far more fraught. Telling someone what to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/you-should-read-this-book-almost-never-simply-means-you-should-read/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“When we read, we are spying on someone else’s imagination and inhabiting it; the authors and their characters are momentarily our friends, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/when-we-read-we-are-spying-on-someone-else-s-imagination-and/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

> [“Children are notoriously literal readers, and I was no exception. Books, I believed, contained the entire truth about everything, and if you could just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pamela-paul/children-are-notoriously-literal-readers-and-i-was-no-exception-books/)

[Pamela Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pamela-paul/)

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