Quote by Alexis M. Smith Download Open image ““Before Isabel could read, she loved books.”” — Alexis M. Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She‘d never taken much interest in reading. She read, of course, as one did, but liking books was something she left to other people.” — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“She loved books. She loved them with her senses and her intellect. They way they looked and smelled; the way they felt in her… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
“Isabel saw all their lives becoming history in units of days and nights so fatally private there was no one left for her to… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
“There are so many things to know and learn. She reads...and finds comfort in the fact that she will never run out of books.” — Janice Y.K. Lee Copy Share Image
“Books were her easiest friends. They demanded nothing from her but her attention.” — Lorna Landvik Copy Share Image
“How can you not love reading? It's wonderful. An excursion, an adventure... an escape from reality.' She adored reading and had a hard time… — Robin Caroll Copy Share Image
“With a book, she could at least visit with people, even if it was vicariously, even if they didn't exist beyond someone's imagination.” — Lorraine Heath Copy Share Image
“The early morning sunlight warms a patch of linoleum, and she lets her feet bathe in it while the kettle heats on the stove.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“You've been here before, Bell. Remember the stories you told me about wandering in the woods when you were a little girl? It scared… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“They read. The sounds of paper between them as they turn and crease and carefully avoid touching each other.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“Isabel turns down Oak toward the little vintage shop at Fourth Avenue, thinking of lunch—the Chinese place in Old Town, casting around inside herself… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“your knight in shining aroumor may just be an idiot in tin-foil.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“Well, he began, since we're talking about books, there is a book in my story.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“It's a strange product of infatuation, she thinks. To want to tell someone about mundane things. The awareness of another person suddenly sharpens your… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“There's not a thing in the world that will not change, including you.” — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“They are in the middle of the sidewalk, face to face, between a tobacco shop and a trash can. Everything they’ve never said flows… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“It’s never the wedding dresses, you know. We keep those, too, but only because they’re so blooming expensive. No. I’ve seen enough old ladies’… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
“Monotonous and thankless as her job can be sometimes, she cheers at the thought of her coworkers - a dozen of them crammed into… — Alexis M. Smith Copy Share Image
