Penguin General Readers

“As his widow, she knew who she was and what she had inherited. She had loved him in her way and sometimes missed him. She knew what words like "loved" and "missed" meant when she thought of her husband. When she thought of Blunt, on the other hand, she was unsure what anything meant except the sonnets she had written about their love affair.”
― Colm Toibin

“The very reason I write is so that I might not sleepwalk through my entire life.”
― Zadie Smith

“Books mean all possibilities. They mean moving out of yourself, losing yourself, dying of thirst and living to your full. They mean everything.”
― Ali Smith

“Books have a unique way of stopping time in a particular moment and saying: Let’s not forget this.”
― Dave Eggers