Quote by Haruki Murakami

“Her tiny and organized handwriting reminded me of the tidiness of her desk, as if she'd wanted to find in words the peace and…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafóniz Zafón

“She had given me my first crayons and coloring book, and had held me when I messed up, assuring me that the lines were…

— Jodi Picoult

“She looked at the last thing she had written and she felt calm. Then she crossed the words out vehemently, scribbling until even the…

— Helen Oyeyemi

“She carried a notebook with her everywhere and brimmed with ideas. She often woke in the night and switched on the light to scribble…

— Josephine Moon

“....and on occasion I like to write in pencil, because I need to know that I can erase the words, even if I never…

— Bruce Black

“Her life was more like a series of tattered Post-it notes with hastily scribbled goals written in dull pencil. Some of them stuck. Lots…

— Tracy Brogan

“She writes only in pencil, as if the words might need to be revoked--borrowed words, for the most part, plucked out of other mouths...”

— Dawn Tripp

“She filed those moments away like precious documents, wore them smooth with memory, collected them like bits of prayers.”

— Jennifer E. Smith

“She’d already scanned every word a hundred times, absorbing every nuance in gradation and every stray mark of her mother’s pen—from the depth of…

— Laekan Zea Kemp

“With the first line of Mehendi, she forgot her troubles and delved into the beautiful world of checkered patterns and intricate lines.”

— Sumeetha Manikandan

“Only reading, she knew, could distract her from her obsessive thoughts and restore her sense of peace.”

— Hilma Wolitzer

“It was amazing what an hour with her sketchpad could do for her mood. She was sure that the lines she drew with her…

— Victoria Kahler