Kathryn L. Nelson

"I have made plenty of enemies in my lifetime, but none has ever done me as much injury as I do myself."

- 'Pemberley Manor' by Kathryn L. Nelson

Katherine Anne Porter

"The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own — even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being."

- 'Ship of Fools' by Katherine Anne Porter

Paul Valery

"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content."

- Paul Valery, poet, philosopher, author