Ellery Adams Quotes

• “It's like pretending to be Santa and then stabbing someone with a candy cane!”

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• “Blue doesn't desbribe loss. Grief robs the world of color. Turns it heavy and gray.”

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• “I prefer cinnamon twists over scones because they’re easier to eat while I’m reading. That’s my main priority when it comes to food. Other people are obsessed with calories, nutritional value, antioxidants. I look at food and wonder: Can I eat that without having to put my book down?”

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• “If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water’s edge.”

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• “You’ve got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down. —Ray Bradbury”

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• “Every time I reread a favorite book, I’d find something new in it. Not because the story changed, but because I did.”

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• “A town without a bookstore is an empty shell of a place.”

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• “Life ain't always easy and it ain't always fair, but there's beauty in every day. You just gotta know where to look.”

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• “There were books everywhere. Hundreds of books. Thousands of books. There were books of every size, shape, and color. They lined the walls from floor to ceiling, standing straight and rigid as soldiers on the polished mahogany shelves, the gilt lettering on their worn spines glinting in the soft light, the scent of supple leather and aging paper filling the air.”

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• “Words have power, and all things of power are dangerous.”

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• “Stories are just like people. If you don’t approach them with an open mind and a healthy dose of respect, they won’t reveal their hidden selves to you. In that event, you’ll miss out on what they have to offer. You’ll walk through life an empty husk instead of a vibrant kaleidoscope of passion, wisdom, and experience.”

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• “Stories don’t change much across continents and centuries. Hearts are broken. Pride is wounded. Souls wander too far from home and become lost. The wrong roads are taken. The incorrect choice is made. Stories echo with loneliness. Grief. Longing. Redemption. Forgiveness. Hope. And love.” Now it was her turn to point at the bookstore. “That building is stuffed with books that, once opened, reveal our communal story. And, if you’re lucky, the words in those books will force you to grapple with the hardest truths of your life. After reducing you to a puddle of tears, they’ll raise you to your feet again. The words will pull you up, higher and higher, until you feel the sun on your face again. Until you’re suddenly humming on the way to the mailbox. Or you’re buying bouquets of gerbera daisies because you crave bright colors. And you’ll laugh again—as freely as champagne bubbling in a tall, glass flute. When’s the last time you laughed like that?”

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• “My gut is telling me is that this is where I'm supposed to be. It's like I left my dreams in a jar on a shelf in my childhood closet, and now I only need to reach up and open the lid so they can come true.”

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• “You like almost every genre, but you’re a binge genre reader. When you’re on a science-fiction kick, you stay with sci-fi for weeks. Then, all of a sudden, you’ll drop that genre and turn to historical fiction.”

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• “Other people are obsessed with calories, nutritional value, antioxidants. I look at food and wonder: Can I eat that without having to put my book down?”

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• “The books in her shop
  weren’t merely things. They were gifts wrapped in imagination, inspiration, excite
  ment, pain, and heartache. Gifts given by thousands of writers. Gifts just waiting to
  be opened.”

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• “How to make spiced rum. Place rum, allspice, cloves, cardamom, star anise, cinnamon, nutmeg, orange peel, and one vanilla bean—split lengthwise—in a jar and store in a dark place for 2 days. Strain rum using cheesecloth. Pour and enjoy.”

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• “What makes a shamrock so special anyway?"
  One leaf for love, one leaf for hope, one leaf for faith, and one leaf for luck. The fourth leaf is a teeny bit smaller than the other three. That's how you know it's real...
  ...people have looked to clovers to ward off evil spirits.”

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• “There's supposed to be drama. The dull stories never make it into the books.”

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• “Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words. —Rumi”

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• “Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly. —Pablo Neruda “Jedediah Craig. It’s a pleasure”

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• “People say write what you know, but I say write about what makes your blood race. Write about that, and your words will become sails filled with a strong wind.”

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• “She planned to fix herself a cup of lemon-ginger tea and pick a book from the stack on her coffee table. It didn’t matter which title she chose, every book had something unique to offer. They were memories she’d yet to make. Worlds she’d yet to discover. Friends she’d yet to meet. And she was looking forward to making their acquaintance.”

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• “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island. —WALT DISNEY”

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• “It’s always that way when you’re looking at books. An hour goes by in a minute: you don’t know where the hell the time went. —John Dunning”

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