“If I had to shut my eyes it wouldn’t have been any darker. We were like astronauts floating in a starless universe.”
“We were like astronauts floating through a starless universe.”
“Every river they came to was bridge-less, as if its name had been erased, as if the sky were starless, homes doorless.”
“Weeks passed like boats waiting to sail into the starless dawn, we were full of aimless endless darkness.”
“I don’t think people realise how vital libraries are or what a colossal danger it would be if we were to lose any more. Having had a truncated school life myself, all of my education from the age of 17 has been self-taught. I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.”
“had my books been any worse I would not have been invited to Hollywood and if they had been any better I would not have come.”