I did not want to spend my time reading about people who never were, doing things they never did.
("The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society")
More Quotes from Mary Ann Shaffer:
I love seeing the bookshops and meeting the booksellers-- booksellers really are a special breed. No one in their right mind would take up clerking in a bookstore for the salary, and no one in his right mind would want to own one-- the margin of profit is too small. So, it has to be a love of readers and reading that makes them do it-- along with first dibs on the new books.Mary Ann Shaffer
Moses: God or crowd control?!?
Mary Ann Shaffer
My worries travel around in my head on their well worn path
Mary Ann Shaffer
All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story is about to begin, and every day will be a new piece of the plot.
Mary Ann Shaffer
Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbors more! He'd have to - you'd not grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself - no love, no respect!
Mary Ann Shaffer
Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right. ... Cats is different, but I never held it against them.
Mary Ann Shaffer
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