155 Quotes by Nina George

Books can do many things, but not everything. We have to live the important things, not read them.

It's amazing how close you are to your essential self as a kid, he thought, and how far from it you drift the more you strive to be loved.

Books are the only works of art that only really come into being in the mind and soul of their audience. (Author’s Notes)

...having a child is like casting off your own childhood forever. It's as if it's only then that you really grasp what it means to be a man. You're scared too that all your weaknesses will be laid bare, because fatherhood demands more than you can give.... I always felt I had to earn your love, because I loved you so, so much.

The reality of love is better than its reputation

One might have to be a little ruthless to seize back control of one's life, don't you think?

Whenever Monsieur Perdu looked at a book, he did not see it purely in terms of a story, retail price and an essential balm for the soul; he saw freedom on wings of paper.

And yes, being lovesick is like being in mourning. Because you die, because your future dies and you with it...There is a hurting time. It lasts for so long. But it gets better. I know that now.

Books aren’t eggs, you know. Simply because a book has aged a bit doesn’t mean it’s gone bad.” There was now an edge to Monsieur Perdu’s voice too. “What is wrong with old? Age isn’t a disease. We all grow old, even books. But are you, is anyone, worth less, or less important, because they’ve been around for longer?