“I come from food the way some people come from money. Food was the medium I grew up in, what we talked about, what shaped our days.” PeopleWayFoodGrewGrew UpCookingMediumsCulinary Author:Elizabeth McCracken
“People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what he feels when he sees a mountain; a lion tamer what goes through his mind when he meets a new lion; a doctor confronted with a beautiful malfunctioning body. The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsMindBookIdeasDreamBodyRunningBeautifulAsksWonderParticularMountainDoctorsAnd LoveLibraryEndlessLionsLibrarianClimbersLove And FearLove And CourageMountain Climbers Author:Elizabeth McCracken
“Can I tell you something? It wasn't so bad. Not so bad at all right then, me scowling at the dirt, James in his bed, the way it always always was. Look, if that's all that happened, if his dying just meant that I would be waiting for him to say something instead of listening to him say something, it would have been fine.” IfsWayLooksHas BeensWould BeWaitingHappenedDyingListeningFineBedDirt Author:Elizabeth McCracken
