“Even if Mina left a book sitting open on the table in the sunroom, Yoneda-san would never presume to move it or put away. Beyond the page lay an unknown world, and the open book was a portal to that world that should not be thoughtlessly disturbed, lest Mina be unable to find her way back. Or so Yoneda-san believed. In the house at Ashiya, books were considered more precious than any sculpture or piece of pottery.” ReadingImaginationBooksNeatnessWorldsPortalsTidiness Book:Mina's Matchbox Source: Mina's Matchbox
“But with so many books in the house, do you still need to go borrow them from somewhere else?” “Are you serious?” Mina’s eyes widened with surprise. “When there are so many books in the world that you could never even read them all?” ReadingBooksBorrowingLibrariesVoraciousness Book:Mina's Matchbox Source: Mina's Matchbox