Books Quote by Pynchon

“In spite of her desire for a contained universe, her life felt scattered, full of many small moments, without great purpose. That is what…

— Michael Ondaatje

“for now she was not the only one stumbling through the dark looking for an elusive sense of connection with the wider world.”

— Elise Hooper

“She felt loose and free and light in a universe without purpose.”

— Philip Pullman

“She had picked up life where she had left off... and hoped that would be enough to get the universe to politely overlook her.”

— Thomm Quackenbush

“And she is the reader who browses the shelf and looks for new worlds but finds herself.”

— Laura Purdie Salas

“She opened the book to a spot about halfway in. She had learned that it didn’t really matter where she opened the thing—it always…

— Scott Prussing

“Another strange thing was how absence had intensified my feelings for her. How I craved the sweet everyday reality of just being with her,…

— Matt Haig

“She was a novel whose plot became more interesting as I delved deeper into the book.”

— Michael Baron

“She didn’t know where this path would take her or how she’d fare, but the unknowns didn’t scare her like they used to. After…

— Melissa K. Magner

“As his name escaped her lips she felt her heart release its deepest desire to the world; she had faith that the universe would…

— Stephanie Morales

“She found it an interesting exercise to explore a place with a person she did not know well, following not only her own impulses…

— Lydia Davis

“Learning became her. She loved the smell of the book from the shelves, the type on the pages, the sense that the world was…

— Robert Goolrick