"The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" Quotes
A writer corresponds with a book club on the island of Guernsey and discovers the power of literature in bringing people together after World War II.
historical fiction | 291 pages | Published in 2008
Quotes
Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.
That's what I love about reading: one tiny thing will interest you in a book, and that tiny thing will lead you to another book, and another bit there will lead you onto a third book. It's geometrically progressive - all with no end in sight, and for no other reason than sheer enjoyment.
I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.
Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.
Men are more interesting in books than they are in real life.
I don't want to be considered a criminal. I am not a criminal! I can't believe this is happening to me.
I want to say to the world: I am not a criminal. How can I make the world listen to me?
I think you learn more if you're laughing at the same time.
I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.
You see, bookshops are dreams built of wood and paper. They are time travel and escape and knowledge and power. They are, simply put, the best of places.
