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> [Books have always been to me like a kind of embalmed mind. The dead may be scattered, and who can find them, but their voices live in the library.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/books-have-always-been-to-me-like-a-kind-of-embalmed-mind-the-dead/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

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## More by Laurel Lea

> [Plans can be like a winged horse, but their execution plods along pulling carts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/plans-can-be-like-a-winged-horse-but-their-execution-plods-along/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [I wonder if we climb to heaven over the ruins of many cherished schemes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/i-wonder-if-we-climb-to-heaven-over-the-ruins-of-many-cherished/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [Charm is the enchanted dart, light and subtle as a hummingbird. But it is deceptive in one thing: like a sense of humor, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/charm-is-the-enchanted-dart-light-and-subtle-as-a-hummingbird-but-it/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [Life and death in a relationship depend on attitudes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/life-and-death-in-a-relationship-depend-on-attitudes/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [It isn't fair that there's pressure exerted on those who choose to live on the edges of the bell-shaped curve of normal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/it-isn-t-fair-that-there-s-pressure-exerted-on-those-who-choose-to/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [(Home) is you in things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/home-is-you-in-things/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/a-personal-offense-is-like-a-scratch-on-a-phonograph-record-i-couldn/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [Marriage is the learning of someone else's habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/marriage-is-the-learning-of-someone-else-s-habits/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [The way of surviving is to find meaning in suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/the-way-of-surviving-is-to-find-meaning-in-suffering/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [I want the privilege of guiding the arrows of my children and giving them the exhortations that can shoot them into the high place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/i-want-the-privilege-of-guiding-the-arrows-of-my-children-and-giving/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [Books have always been to me like a kind of embalmed mind. The dead may be scattered, and who can find them, but their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/books-have-always-been-to-me-like-a-kind-of-embalmed-mind-the-dead/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [...appetite turns common food into the fare of kings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/appetite-turns-common-food-into-the-fare-of-kings/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

> [When lost, I look for gas stations for counsel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurel-lea/when-lost-i-look-for-gas-stations-for-counsel/)

[Laurel Lea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurel-lea/)

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