5 Quotes by Emily Wing Smith

A person should try to understand dreams. A person should take warning from them.

I hate it when people say they’re trying to be your friend. You shouldn’t have to try to be somebody’s friend. Either you like someone or you don’t. Either you want them as a friend or not. Making friends isn’t like trying for the lead in the school play.

Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.

But I loved the library simply because it was a library. I love libraries. I like reading, but I love libraries. Being surrounded by books makes me feel safe, the way some people need trees or mountains around them to feel secure. Not me – nature’s not what I cling to. I cling to books.

I guess the whole world is made up of things coming together and things falling apart,